When the Game Player of Zob pays a visit to earth and challenges the earthling children to a game, the children soon find out that the alien is a very bad loser - and that isn't good news for them...

* Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

* Text type - A science-fiction story.

*The reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking, listening and writing activities.

* Curriculum links - Design and technology: making a moving part story book.