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The Lullabob
The Lullabob is a science fiction story about a space patrol officer who travels to Planet Lulla to save them from a creature called a lullabob. The book also discusses features of a science fiction story. The story unfolds in third -person narrative in...
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The Magic Show
The Magic Show is a realistic, humorous story about a man who puts on a magic show that goes out of control. The book focusses on the sentence stem, “Look! I have a _______.” Speech bubbles, as well as dialogue, are used on each page. A flow...
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The Materializer
The Materialiser is a science fiction story about a boy who works at a scientist's house cleaning up the laboratory. The scientist is working on an invention to transport objects from one place to another. When the scientist tries to transport himself,...
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The New Kid on the Team
The New Kid on the Team is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the time a new kid joined his boys softball team. The new kid was very small but turned out to be very good at softball. While playing the Cobras, the new kid was...
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The New Place
The New Place is a realistic fiction about a young boy named TJ who doesn’t want to move into a new apartment. He quickly realizes that there are many friendly people and the children on his floor take him to the rooftop which has a garden, a road,...
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The Night Out
The Night Out is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting the night his mom went out, and his dad suggested going to the movies. When they arrived at the theater, they realized that everyone was very dressed up. They were looking...
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The Old Cat
The Old Cat is a realistic fiction about an older lady whose cat gets sick and needs to get 6 drops in her eyes each day. The veterinarian says a tally needs to be taken each time drops are given. The old cat hates the drops, but feels better on the...
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The Parting
The Parting is a science fiction story told in the first person by Fizz. Teenagers Benji and Fizz have always lived on a farm with their dads, who are brothers. They have never met their moms, whom townsfolk call “mystery girls”...
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The Possum Babies
The Possum Babies is an animal fantasy about possum babies who fall off their mother’s tail while she is climbing a tree. The babies try to hold on to the tails of different animals which doesn’t work. After being thrown up in the air by a...
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The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a girl recounting how scared she was of the bull that lived on her farm growing up. One day when she needed new shoes, her mom let her buy expensive red shoes. The brother warned her that the...
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The Robber's Mask
The Robber’s Mask is a narrative about a golden retriever named Cassie who loves to collect things from around the neighbourhood. One day she brings home a mask that matches the masks robbers wore in a bank robbery. With Cassie’s help,...
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The Robbers
The Robbers is a humorous, realistic fiction about a man named Paddy who calls over a police officer because he finds a mess in his house and thinks robbers broke in. The police officer examines the scene and realizes that ducks got into his home and...