About Atama-ii books

About Atama-ii books

Ayu Irie

Kouta Shimada

Moeka Yamamoto

Introduction of Atama-ii books
       These books are educational books for people learning English as a second language, all aged 11 and up.
       Atama-ii books have various topics such as science, world events, history, and so on. They are written in 2500 words, so most people can read them casually. There are 10 Atama-ii books like “Zombies in Tokyo,” “Brainstorm,” and so on.


Outlines
       Now, we introduce the outline about “Brainstorm.” Readers made nanobots that can go inside a human body and can fix sick and damaged cells. They were controlled by using a special helmet and gloves. One day, readers and co-developer were experimenting in nanobots. Suddenly, co-developer fall down and seemed to be sick. What should readers do?
      Next, we introduce about “Zombies in Tokyo.” You live in busy city, Tokyo. There are many people all of the time. But, one day, there is no people. You wonder why there is no people, you meet a family and be taught zombies appear in Tokyo. You run away with the family. Can you ran away from zombies?


Features
       These books have options, so readers can choose which they read further halfway through reading, and the books have 8 different endings, but all endings are not good and suggestive. That is to say, it is not sure that your choice is correct or incorrect, and you can get a happy ending or not.
       we can read Atama-ii books in short time. So, if you are not good at reading English, you want to read more with fun. It is one of the feature of the books that you can read like a game.


How to use Atama-ii books
       For using Atama-ii books, we can get different ways to study English. For example, in class, students can share their own endings. It could be good training for reading, summarizing, and communicating in English.
       If you use Atama-ii books, you can broaden out your ways to study English!




Reference:
2018 Atama-ii books. “ATAMA-II BOOKS”.http://www.atama-ii.com/books-ordering/ 2018.9.11 accessed

Written with: Irie, A. and Shimada, K

Book review "ZOMBIES IN TOKYO"

ZOMBIES IN TOKYO

In this book, zombies appear but not too terrible, so you can read it casually if you don't like horror stories.

First, I introduce the outline.
You live in Tokyo. Tokyo is crowded every day, but one day, there is nobody in the city. The reason is zombies appear! You meet a family, and fight or run away with them.

After reading this book, I got 3 opinions.

First, I wonder what is the protagonist's job. In the text, It is written as below:
"I move papers around."
What is the job to move  papers around? I expect his job is a postman. But the truth is not sure.

Second, I thought the father's name "Maru" is not natural. Probably, the name "Maru" is not general as a male name in Japan. If  we call a man "Maru," "Maru" is a nickname. So his name gave me a strong impression.

Third, if readers make a bad mistake,  you are attacked by zombies. It's scarey. So, you should select well. I finished safe place. I was without losing, but the safety does not seem forever.My last was "We're safe here,you think. But... for how long? "It's so terrible! In this book, you finish bad end or good end with anxiety.

This story is like a game. Please enjoy it!

 Boon, A. (2014). Zombies in Tokyo Florida and Tokyo:Atamaii-Books.