Format: Dyslexia-friendly

Books on the Iron Age period tend to focus on the warring nature of tribes, on life in hillforts or the cross-over with the Roman period. Bestselling author Tom Palmer’s Pitch Invasion brings together the author’s passions for football and history in a haunting story that is ‘super-readable’ due to its accessible layout, including a dyslexia-friendly font and tinted paper.

In this story, a boy called Seth encounters visions of severed heads raised high on spikes surrounding an Iron Age hill fort. Seth discovers that the heads were a means of keeping intruders out of the hill fort in Iron Age times and must find a way to face the horrors of the past that echo through the ages. There are plenty of gruesome moments in this story – but it is an exciting and gripping one too. Author Tom Palmer provides supporting materials like quizzes and videos on his website.