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The Robot Car
The Robot’s Car is a fictional text about a group of robots who assemble the wheels, doors, lights, and bumper of a car. Illustrations fully support the meaning of the text. Illustrative text is used. An image of the robot’s checklist is...
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The Rock Boss
The Rock Boss is a humorous, animal fantasy about a goat with large horns who pushes everyone off the rock because he believes he is the boss of the rock. When a bee comes around and threatens to sting the goat, the goat decides that the rock belongs to...
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The Sausage Spy
The Sausage Spy is a realistic fiction about Mickey Maloney, the spy, who figures out the recipe for the best sausages in the world that are sold at Sid’s Shop. He steals the recipe and sells it at his store. After a typo, he advertises that his...
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The Secret Presents
The Secret Presents is a happy, realistic story about secrets and presents at Christmas. The book concludes with two examples of a thank you note. The story is told in dialogue and simple narrative. The text is composed of a variety of...
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The Shoe Thief
The Shoe Thief is a realistic and humorous fiction story about a boy recounting a time when there was a shoe thief on his street. The police kept watch and investigated. The boy thought his dog, Catcher, could help find the thief so the police and others...
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The Sick Rooster
The Sick Rooster is a fictional text about a lady’s rooster who doesn’t crow in the morning. The rooster is taken to the doctor and is prescribed several medications on different occasions. When the doctor recommends the lady gets a new...
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The Silent
The Silent is a chilling fantasy. When Aneesa and Gryph see a parade of silent, robotic people, they are drawn through a “fissure in time and space.” A curse has silenced the people, including Aneesa. Gryph is on her own to...
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The Sneeze
The Sneeze is a humorous, animal fantasy about a monkey, a parrot, and an elephant who sneeze at a particular tree in the jungle. When the elephant sneezes, parrot and monkey are shot up into the air due to the force of the sneeze. Illustrations fully...
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The Special Photo
The Special Photo is a realistic adventure presented as a first-person recount. A young, snorkelling photographer who wants to win a photographic competition makes multiple dives in search of a really special photo. He discovers a dark spooky...
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The Spiders
The Spiders is a short story about a boy who is having a nightmare about spiders. The book also discusses text connections, planning a short story, and features of a short story. A variety of sentence types is used. Illustrations...
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The Test
The Test is a suspenseful fantasy. Janita and her friends must take the test – they will either all fail and be sent to the wilderness or all succeed and begin their apprenticeships. But what is the test? No one is prepared for...