Zak lives with his Grandpa, who raised him after Talisman @ Series his parents died. On his 13th birthday, his Grandpo The Talisman gives him a strange gift ~ a talisman, Never take it off. It will protect you. One day, it might even sove your life” his Grandpa said But somebody else wanted the talisman and its special powers and they would do anything to get it. From the day he was given the talisman, Zak’: life was never the same again Book 1 The target phoneme in this book is ‘ae. It includes the spellings: ae MPhoniet Infoophonichookscauk wwwphonicbookscouk enemy I, wy ‘Story by Tom Rele-Franlort Ilsteated by Drew WilsonEdited by Cloir Boker and Wendy Tweedie Storyline by Adam Fronkfort | first printed by Phonic Books Ltd 2009 Reprint 2020 Copyright © Phonic Books Ltd 2008 Talisman Series is printed in the UK. Repeints may contain some small text changes from previous print runs Al rights reserved. 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Book 1 The TalismanReading Practice ek 1A the bottom of each poge of tet, some ‘mutisylable words ore spt up forthe reader Contents Chapter 1A Great Day page 1 Chapter 2 The Bolt of Lightning page 4 Chapter 3 “Give Me the Talisman” page 10 Chapter 4 A Strange Thing Happens page 12ee TC eee la Chapter 1 Vos ycabulary: A Great Day | talisman - an object that protects the | It was a hot day, Zak took the trail up wearer from evil | the hil, He sat in the shade, The sheep pelted rained heavily grazed in the long grass, He held the talisman in his hand. jolt ~ a sudden blow scaled ~ climbed ploins a large area of flat country without trees daybreak - sunrise, dawn“Never take it off. It may save you one day,” Grandpa had told him. Zak said to himself, “Its o fake. Not a great gift for my birthday! I'll chuck it in the lake.” Something made him wait. v f him self deems birth day Some tes ie aaa thing |) Later; the sun began to set. The sky was ablaze with red. Zak made his way back down the trail, It began to rain. “A great end to a great day!” Zak complained. 3JChapter 2 Chapter. A bolt of lightning lit the sky again. Zak The) Bolt[of, Lightning felt a jolt of pain in his chest. He fell The rain pelted down. Suddenly the sky back on the rocks. He lay there, very lit up. Then there was a clap of thunder stil Zak ran to find shelter from the rain. He made his way to a cave. pelt ed Sudd en ly thun der light ning ae | e.“Wake up, Zak! Wake up, you lazy boy!” “Your Grandpa sent me to find you. He is A girl began to shake him. very shaken, He mumbled something about It was his mate, Mim, Zak sat up, dazed. a talisman.” said Mim, “Ahhh! I have such “My back, my chest,” he cried in pain. a pain in my chest,” Zak complained. \ la zy be gan sha ken mum bled com plained OW FF Sy ES“Grandpa said this would save me, but “It did save youl” cried Mim. “It saved it didn't. It’s just a bit of junk, It's fake.” you from the bolt of lightning! And look! Zak gripped the talisman in his hand. It’s changed!” They both looked amazed. Suddenly, there came a thrashing and thumping from the forest. ) amazed thrash ing thump ing \ | ES 8 — 9 Grand pa tal is man eeChapter 3 “Give Me the Talisman!” “Give me the talisman!" an ugly troll spat at them in a rage. The troll had chains on his legs. “My Master demands it! “No way!” cried Zak as he scaled o tree, “You shall not cross my Master!” The troll had a crazed look on his face. “Take that!” The great, big club swung at Zak. It hit the tree trunk with a thud. Zak fell offA Strange Thing Happens Then a strange thing happened. Zak flapped his arms and changed into a great, big, black raven, Mim looked on, amazed. “The talisman } has changed you into a ravent” she cried. Pp \ happ ened amazed ra ven | ~ The troll lifted his club again. He chased the raven into the forest. The raven ducked and spun in the branches. The troll was going crazy. He stumbled into a tree with a great thud! It came crashing down on top of him. it edt entre fete De a ttt etThe troll lay trapped and panting, “Tell me, who is your master? Why does he want the talisman?” the raven asked the troll. “He wants the magic power in the talisman. He will get it. You will see!” said the troll. ae f pant ing Q— mag ic pow er \ Then, with great strength, he lifted the tree trunk and escaped into the forest. The raven faded into a haze. Zak stepped ‘out of the mist holding the talisman. — es escaped forest fa ded | 15)Se Tey, f eS —— | | | } When Zak and Mim got home, a note was Boks inthe eee os pinned to the gate. “I have taken your uae are + | ra grandpa to the great plains. Bring me the Mr ike talisman or you will never see him again.” ee “I must find Grandpa! I must save him!" Book 1 ‘ae’ Book 2 ‘ee’ Book 3 ‘oe’ » cried Zak. “I will set off for the great plains at daybreak.” Book 4 ‘er’ f berm taken never day breck ae.