This is a story about friendship and healing. Lumpy and Bones are the best of friends about to enter the 8th grade. Together they embark on a wild journey in search of answers to one of the world's most unsolved problems. You will be sure to laugh and begin to understand, from Lumpy's perspective, what it's like to "Live like Bones". The Mad Dash Company is proud to present The Mad Dash series in Noah Text. Noah Text is highly effective for new readers, struggling readers, and those with dyslexia. Noah Text simulates easier language systems by highlighting critical word patterns. This gives readers the independence to learn unknown words on their own while at the same time enhancing fluency and ease of reading. This is all done while leaving words intact. Noah Text (Syllables + Long Vowels) provides maximum benefit by highlighting syllable breaks and accentuating long vowels, similar to an acute accent mark which is used in many languages. Noah Text (Just Syllables) is for slightly more skilled readers and highlights syllable breaks only. Noah Text is currently endorsed by Educational Diagnostician and Consultant, Dr. Miriam Cherkes-Julkowski. Noah Text also falls within the National Reading Panel's guidelines of evidence-based reading instruction and can be used as an instructional scaffold. The English writing system is one of the most complex, unpredictable writing systems in the world requiring two to three times more reading instruction time and practice. Thus, Noah Text simply makes our writing system more predictable by simulating what predictable languages have that we don't - visibly clear and consistent patterns! The research behind this technique is clear. As humans, we learn the world around us through patterns. Noah Text is simply giving readers the key to the puzzle! Noah Text is also available in both "The Mystical Years" and "Zach"(early readers) series by Noah Text founder and creator Sarah K. Blodgett. Go to Amazon and type in "Noah Text" to find these amazing books! (patent pending)