Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency - Summer and the Staircase: Fluency 13

Paperback

Fluency 13 books have a word count of 6720 words with an expected reading rate of 140 words per minute.

Things aren’t going well for Summer Spriggins. So, when she notices a new shop and the shopkeeper entices her with a magical stone, how can she refuse? However, Summer is left with more questions than answers and it seems the answers lie at the bottom of a mysterious and scary staircase …

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Imprint

Collins

ISBN

978-0-00-876789-1

Publication Date

05-02-2026

Format

Paperback

Pages

112 pages

Dimensions

129x186mm

Product Description

Fluency 13 books have a word count of 6720 words with an expected reading rate of 140 words per minute.

Things aren’t going well for Summer Spriggins. So, when she notices a new shop and the shopkeeper entices her with a magical stone, how can she refuse? However, Summer is left with more questions than answers and it seems the answers lie at the bottom of a mysterious and scary staircase …

Author

Kate Foster, Illustrated by Fran Cesarano, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat

Kate Foster is a children's author writing about friends, family, and dogs. After growing up on a council estate in a small town in the southeast of England, she now lives on the sunny Gold Coast in Australia with her own family and second-hand dogs. She has written several middle grade novels including PAWS, The Bravest Word and The Unlikely Heroes Club, plus a chapter book series about an autistic superhero called Harriet Hound .

Imprint

Collins

ISBN

978-0-00-876789-1

Publication Date

05-02-2026

Format

Paperback

Pages

112 pages

Dimensions

129x186mm

Product Description

Fluency 13 books have a word count of 6720 words with an expected reading rate of 140 words per minute.

Things aren’t going well for Summer Spriggins. So, when she notices a new shop and the shopkeeper entices her with a magical stone, how can she refuse? However, Summer is left with more questions than answers and it seems the answers lie at the bottom of a mysterious and scary staircase …

Author

Kate Foster, Illustrated by Fran Cesarano, Prepared for publication by Collins Big Cat

Kate Foster is a children's author writing about friends, family, and dogs. After growing up on a council estate in a small town in the southeast of England, she now lives on the sunny Gold Coast in Australia with her own family and second-hand dogs. She has written several middle grade novels including PAWS, The Bravest Word and The Unlikely Heroes Club, plus a chapter book series about an autistic superhero called Harriet Hound .