CSI Chapters: It's a Deal‪!‬

Jenna can’t wait to buy a new phone. But when something unexpected happens, she has to figure out a different, more risky way to buy it! Discover how she does it in this multi-touch book.


This multi-touch book supports the teaching of financial literacy, including teaching students about the dangers of compounding debt and the pitfalls/unwise use of credit cards. 


FREE teacher support material is available to download from www.csi-literacy.com/downloads. Includes alignment with Level 3 English, Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics achievement objectives from The New Zealand Curriculum.


Text characteristics

• A realistic, fictional narrative in six titled chapters

• Mathematical concepts explored in an authentic context

• Subject-specific and other challenging words, with their meanings explained in a glossary 

• Dialogue that includes questions that clarify the text.



CSI Chapters is part of the CSI Literacy series, which builds strategic, metacognitive readers by teaching comprehension, vocabulary and world knowledge across a variety of subjects in fiction and non-fiction.