Join Liko and Roy on their journey to become real Pokémon Trainers as they embark on a series of training battles.

This simple story book is accessible to young readers who are learning to read independently.

Liko, Sprigatito, Roy, and Fuecoco are now official members of the Rising Volt Tacklers and ask Friede to train them, but Friede has an electrifying surprise in store for them. Will they manage to dig deep and uncover what it takes to become true Pokémon Trainers?

This Level 2 reader includes longer sentence structures, more challenging vocabulary, paragraphs and short chapter lengths.

Also look out for these other Pokémon readers, featuring characters from the new Horizons TV series:

• Level 1: Meet Sprigatito [9780008743130]
• Level 1: Meet Fuecoco [9780008743154]
• Level 1: Meet Quaxly [9780008743178]
• Level 2: Fuecoco the Berry Thief [9780008616762]
• Level 2: Adventure on the Horizon [9780008680817]
• Level 2: We Can Do It, Quaxly [9780008743192]
• Level 3: Rivals in the Dark of Night [9780008743147]
• Level 3: Roar of the Black Rayquaza [9780008743161]
• Level 3: A Challenge from the Explorers [9780008743208]

These readers are a fantastic introduction to reading, with simple text and pictures.

Pokémon is one of the most popular and successful entertainment franchises in the world, encompassing video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), mobile games and apps, animation and movies, Play! Pokémon competitive events, and licensed products. It was first established in Japan in 1996 with the launch of the Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green video games for the Game Boy™ system. The video games were released internationally in 1998 as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. More than 25 years later, Pokémon continues to be a global entertainment mainstay and pop culture icon.