Description Determined to find her brother, Mel travels to Mars in a space pod. She braves all kinds of obstacles, like dust storms, asteroids, and comets. This action-packed quest story takes the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to alternative consonants, consonant digraphs, and suffixes -ed and -ing. Phonic Books Mel on Mars comprises 12 decodable books for older readers who can read simple CVC words. Book 1: Dom Gets Lost (CVC, CVCC)Book 2: Mel Lands on Mars (CVCC) Book 3: Lost in the Dust (CVCC) Book 4: Hunted at the Dump (CCVC and 'ed') Book 5: Trust Dr. Kim (CCVCC) Book 6: Catch that Torch ('ch' and 'tch') Book 7: Will the Ship Crash? ('sh') Book 8: The Myth of the Earth Planet ('th') Book 9: The Quest for Quock Rocks ('ck' and 'qu') Book 10: The Winged Thing with Fangs ('ng') Book 11: The Whispering Wind ('wh' and 'ing') Book 12: Out of the Rubble ('le') Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities .