Sports News is a collection of newspaper reports, each covering a dramatic event in sport.  From skiers caught in an avalanche to a mountain biking duel to a homerun hero, each news story captures the thrill of pushing the limits.  Narrative nonfiction, direct quotation, and descriptive language are used to tell the tales.  Two features conclude the book, one prompting readers to make text to self/text/world connections and another providing a step-by-step guide to planning a newspaper report.

Each news story appears on a two-page spread with a headline and a single column format.  Striking quotations and key facts appear in large type within the running text.  One or two illustrations highlight an exciting moment in each story.  Boxes prompt readers to reflect on vocabulary and to use questioning and inferring strategies.  A variety of sentence types are used.  Bold face, dashes, and parentheses are used.

Descriptive and figurative language appear throughout.  For example, “neck and neck over rocks, loose gravel, and gnarly paths” and “I was jerked backwards and forwards like clothes in the wash.”

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ISBN-10: 1869447719

ISBN-13: 9781869447717

A Wild Race in the Sun is a narrative about a girl named Peta who gets a wild pony for her birthday. At first, the pony will not let listen to Peta and Peta's parents want to send the pony back. After a wild ride across the hills, the pony learns to trust Peta and the parents decide the pony can stay. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869447743

ISBN-13: 9781869447748

Action: Defence is an informational report that explores the defense mechanisms of various animals such as camouflage, flight, and chemical defenses. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, clarifying, and predicting.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869445279

ISBN-13: 9781869445270

Advertisements is a collection of advertisements about various fictional products. The book also discusses text connections, planning an advertisement, and features of an advertisement. 

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.   A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as similes, metaphors, and hyperbole and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869445171

ISBN-13: 9781869445171

Air Traffic Control is an informational report about the responsibilities of air traffic control including information about controlling the airspace and about what happens at every stage of a flight from before take off to arrival. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, inferring, clarifying, and summarizing. 

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703847

ISBN-13: 9781869703844

Albatross—The Survivor is an informational report about albatrosses including information on their ability to fly long distances, their eating habits, and their offspring. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations and diagrams support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869447905

ISBN-13: 9781869447908

Animal Senses: Sight and Hearing is an informational report that explores the concepts of sight and hearing among various animals. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, clarifying, and predicting.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869447875

ISBN-13: 9781869447878

Animal Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch is an informational report that explores the concepts of smell, taste, and touch among various animals. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations and tables support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, clarifying, and predicting. 

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869447883

ISBN-13: 9781869447885

Aunt Tabitha’s Gift is a humorous narrative about a little girl named Anna who gets a goliath tarantula as a gift from her Aunt Tabitha. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869447751

ISBN-13: 9781869447755

Avatar is a dark contemporary story in twelve chapters about a boy, Kevin, who is cruelly bullied and comes home either to an empty house or a mother who is more child than parent.  A new girl, Lan, recently arrived from Vietnam, gives him the courage and desire to become neither bullied nor bully himself. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a contemporary story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Dramatic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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ISBN-10: 1869706064

ISBN-13: 9781869706067

Black Gold is an informational explanation.  The text explains where oil comes from and how it is found, extracted, and refined.  The politics of oil and our options for energy alternatives are discussed. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing an informational explanation.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by fact boxes, graphs, diagrams, and charts.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response. An index is provided.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706587

ISBN-13: 9781869706586

Blood Diamonds is an informational report on blood, or conflict, diamonds originating in several West African countries.  The report explains what diamonds are, how they are obtained, and how violent means have been used to get diamond revenue to fund wars.  Successful efforts to curtail the blood diamond trade are discussed. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing an informational report.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by photographs, illustrations, charts, graphs, and a map.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response. An index is provided.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706137

ISBN-13: 9781869706135

Brain Matter is an informational report that describes how different parts of the brain work, how the sleeping brain works, memories, and how the brain controls temperature.  Sections on animals’ brains and how brains and computers compare extend the topic.  The book concludes with information on planning an informational report.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into sections.  Subheadings and lists are used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and a diagram support and extend the text.  Boxes throughout the text prompt comprehension strategies, such as questioning and predicting.  Fact boxes add interest.  A variety of sentence types is used.  An index is provided.

Specialized vocabulary, such as cortex and neurons, are defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869447921

ISBN-13: 9781869447922

Building Faces: Identity Restored is a non-fiction explanation of how artists, forensic technologies, and computers are used to give faces to bones.  The techniques can expand our knowledge of history and solve crimes.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a non-fiction explanation.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by fact boxes, illustrations, photographs, and screen captures.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706102

ISBN-13: 9781869706104

Burly Reid is a narrative about a rich man named Burly Reid. Burly Reid has a massive house with a tennis court, a swimming pool, a go-cart track, and a helicopter. When his house catches on fire he stays with another family in town until his new house is built. However, this time his house doesn’t have a tennis court, a swimming pool, or a go-cart track because he builds those for all the people in the town. The book also discusses text connections, planning a personal recount, and features of a personal recount.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869447832

ISBN-13: 9781869447830

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ISBN-10: 1869445074

ISBN-13: 9781869445072

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ISBN-10: 1869703677

ISBN-13: 9781869703677

Comets is an informational report that explores comets including information about what comets are, how they travel, tracking Halley’s comet, and the Stardust spacecraft. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and timelines support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869447859

ISBN-13: 9781869447854

Cool Grinds is a short story told in the first person.  Josh and his stepfather seem to have no common ground.  The high stress of a skateboarding competition leads Josh to think about life and choices.  And when he makes a kind gesture to his stepfather, he gains a new power over his own life.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a short story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Contemporary illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language, as well as terminology related to the setting.

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ISBN-10: 1869706072

ISBN-13: 9781869706074

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Invoice Title: MS3: Design It Ed 1 (Lvl 5)

ISBN-10: 1869703790

ISBN-13: 9781869703790

Design It is a procedural text that takes readers through the design challenges of starting a fictitious T-shirt company called SK8R Jam.  Logo design, stationery design, company profile, manufacturing, and package design are among the topics covered. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a procedural text.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by illustrations, diagrams, and lists.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706595

ISBN-13: 9781869706593

Diamond Hunter is a science fiction story about a man named Cruz who buys a map to a hidden treasure in the hopes of finding diamonds. However, when he arrives he finds robots and creatures. The book also discusses text connections, planning a science fiction story, and features of a science fiction story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as imagery, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 186944518X

ISBN-13: 9781869445188

Dinosaurs: Giant Jigsaws is an informational report that explains how dinosaur bones are excavated, studied in the laboratory, and reconstructed into skeletons.  The text explains how scientists use clues in the skeleton to learn how dinosaurs looked and behaved.  The book concludes with several features, one that prompts text to self/text/world and others relate to planning an informational report.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into sections.  Photographs support the text.  Boxes throughout the text prompt comprehension strategies, such as predicting and questioning.  A list is used.  A variety of sentence types is used.  An index is provided.

Unfamiliar words and specialized vocabulary, such as fibreglass, are defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869447867

ISBN-13: 9781869447861

DNA is an informational report about DNA including information on how DNA is used to prove identity, paternity, and maternity and how DNA is used in genealogy, forensic science, and genetic medicine. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, diagrams, and tables support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying. 

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703863

ISBN-13: 9781869703868

Earth Alert is an informational report about global warming including information on the greenhouse effect, how global warming is caused, how it is affecting the planet, and how it is affecting people. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, graphs, and timelines support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, summarizing, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703855

ISBN-13: 9781869703851

Egg Incubators is an informational report about how mallee fowl, malau birds, and alligators take care of their eggs. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as imagery and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869445252

ISBN-13: 9781869445256

Epidemic is an informational report about various epidemics including the plague, rabies, Legionnaires’ disease, Ebola, and influenza. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and maps support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703839

ISBN-13: 9781869703837

Escape from Xeno is a suspenseful science fiction story about a man who crash lands on an android planet where he is taken prisoner and forced to build more androids. The book also discusses text connections, planning a science fiction story, and features of a science fiction story.

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as alliteration, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703723

ISBN-13: 9781869703721

Facing Jesse James is a gritty historical fiction story presented in six chapters.  Josh is a farmer’s boy and his friend Ben’s the saloon keeper’s son.  Ben’s pappy routinely wups drunks, and Josh is ashamed that his father has never even been in a fight.  Everything changes after Jesse James comes to town. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing historical fiction.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Dramatic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language, as well as terminology related to the setting.

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ISBN-10: 1442509961

ISBN-13: 9781442509962

Fires in the Wild is an informational report about fires including information on what causes them, how they spread, how they are controlled, and warning systems. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Photographs and illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as personification prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and clarifying. 

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869445163

ISBN-13: 9781869445164

For or Against is a story about a class debating the persuasive arguments in a collection of articles. The book also discusses text connections, planning a persuasive argument, and features of a persuasive argument.

Most of the text is in the form of an article or within speech bubbles. Illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes highlight persuasive techniques and comprehension strategies.

The text uses persuasive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703774

ISBN-13: 9781869703776

Forensics in Fire is an informational report about conducting fire investigations including information on how fires begin and how fire investigators collect and analyse evidence. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, summarizing, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703871

ISBN-13: 9781869703875

Fuelling Extinction is an informational explanation of the impact of palm oil plantations on the rainforest habitat and on the animals that live there, particularly orangutans.  The text discusses the challenges of weighing the benefits of biofuels against our duty to protect the environment.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing an informational explanation.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by fact boxes, graphs, diagrams, and charts.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response. An index is provided.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706129

ISBN-13: 9781869706128

Game Over is a science fiction story.  Penn is the most successful captain of her generation, so why isn’t she the automatic choice for commander of the new Moon Security outpost?  The answer is not what she expects.  One more test awaits her.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a science fiction story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Futuristic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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ISBN-10: 1869706021

ISBN-13: 9781869706029

Glaciers -- Landscape Carvers is an informational report about glaciers including information on how they form, how they move, and how they change the landscape. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703812

ISBN-13: 9781869703813

Global Food Crisis is an informational explanation that outlines the magnitude of the problem of world hunger and details the origins and social impact of the crisis, as well as the challenges for the future.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing an informational explanation.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by fact boxes, graphs, and charts.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response. An index is provided.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706609

ISBN-13: 9781869706609

Goal! is a short story about a boy who tries out for a soccer team while wearing his uncle’s magic soccer boots. The book also discusses text connections, planning a short story, and features of a short story. 

The story is told in the first person.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as imagery, similes, and metaphors, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and questioning.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869445090

ISBN-13: 9781869445096

Grandma’s Budgie is a narrative about a little boy who gives a budgie to his grandma to help her after his grandpa dies. His grandma loves the budgie and when she gets sick and goes to the hospital, the budgie may be the only one to make her feel better. The book also discusses text connections, planning a personal recount, and features of a personal recount. The text includes some content that is sensitive in nature.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Grandmas Budgie (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447840

ISBN-13: 9781869447847

Grandpa’s Mumbling House is a personal recount by a girl going to stay with her grandpa in his house by the sea while her mom and dad move into separate houses. The book also discusses text connections, planning a personal recount, and features of a personal recount. 

The first-person text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as analogy, alliteration, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703669

ISBN-13: 9781869703660

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ISBN-10: 186944793X

ISBN-13: 9781869447939

I’m a Wimp! is a humorous short story about a boy named Jordan who is on holiday with his friend and her grandpa. They do all sorts of fun activities but Jordan always gets scared. The book also discusses text connections, planning a short story, and features of a short story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869447816

ISBN-13: 9781869447816

Into the Cold is a narrative about a boy and his sister heading out into a snow storm to look for their dad who hasn't come home after work. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative. 

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703693

ISBN-13: 9781869703691

Invisible Clues is an informational report that explores collecting evidence for forensic investigators including information on how investigations begin and how evidence is collected, reported, and analyzed. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, clarifying, and inferring.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869447891

ISBN-13: 9781869447892

Jungle Law is a factual recount about a scientist who studies jungle animals and plant life to write a book about how to survive in the jungle. The book also discusses text connections, planning a factual recount, and features of a factual recount.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as alliteration, imagery, similes, and metaphors, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869445260

ISBN-13: 9781869445263

Koevasi is a heart-breaking contemporary story told in the first person.  The narrator, Clem, lives with his friend AJ.  Both boys have lost their parents in a war that still fills the streets of their city with danger.  AJ decides to put his trust in a girl named Koevasi and to leave the city.  Clem thinks she’s a rebel.  On this unanswered question, the boys sadly part ways.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a contemporary story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Hyper-realistic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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ISBN-10: 1869706099

ISBN-13: 9781869706098

Mammoth is an informational report about mammoths including information on the era they lived in and their features, diet, and defense mechanisms. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869445287

ISBN-13: 9781869445287

Monkey, Diverse Animals is an expository text about monkeys including information on their features, family life, and behaviour.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, clarifying, and summarizing. 

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869445066

ISBN-13: 9781869445065

More Helpful Hints for Boring Moments is a procedural text that suggests crafts and activities to do when you’re bored. The book also discusses text connections, planning an procedural text, and features of a procedural text.

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and clarifying.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869703782

ISBN-13: 9781869703783

Mrs. Marigold’s Menagerie is a short story about a lady whose wild garden and countless animals annoy her neighbours. The book also discusses text connections, planning a short story, and features of a short story.  

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as alliteration, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869447808

ISBN-13: 9781869447809

Mummies All Wrapped Up is an informational report about Egyptian mummies, other types of mummies, the importance of mummies, and the Mummy’s Curse. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and maps support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703820

ISBN-13: 9781869703820

My Name Is Joad is a contemporary story for mature readers told in the first person.  Joad wants more than anything to be accepted into the Kingz gang, and finally, the leader gives him an initiation task.  He carries out the crime, but when Joad’s mother reveals why his gang member father left when Joad was just a baby, the stories cross and Joad rethinks who he is and wants to be.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a contemporary story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Hyper-realistic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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ISBN-10: 1869706641

ISBN-13: 9781869706647

Neighbourhood Niggles is a collection of persuasive essays about various issues such as pet ownership, park facilities, and lawn mowing rules. The book also discusses text connections, planning a persuasive argument, and features of a persuasive argument.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The essays are written in the first person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and inferring.

The  vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869447727

ISBN-13: 9781869447724

Old, Tired Dog is a narrative about a boy experiencing the end of his dog’s life. The text contains some emotionally sensitive content. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative. 

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as alliteration, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703642

ISBN-13: 9781869703646

Pet Perspectives is a debate about various pet issues including whether rats should be kept as pets, whether pets should be returnable, and whether every family needs a pet. The book also discusses text connections, planning a debate, and features of a debate.

The text is presented as a collection of first-person persuasive essays.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses persuasive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869445147

ISBN-13: 9781869445140

Prairie Dogs -- Social Animals is an informational report about prairie dogs including information on their social habits, their communities, and their environment. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, illustrations, and diagrams support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and predicting.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869445120

ISBN-13: 9781869445126

Space Junk is a suspenseful science fiction story about a cadet who accidently lets an alien aboard the spaceship thinking that the alien is space junk. The book also discusses text connections, planning a science fiction story, and features of a science fiction story.

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as oxymoron, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703731

ISBN-13: 9781869703738

Speak Your Mind presents persuasive arguments about whether bungy jumping is a stunt or a sport and whether flat-roof buildings should be used to build skateboard parks. The book also discusses text connections, planning a persuasive argument, and features of a persuasive argument.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as similes, metaphors, and exaggeration and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and making judgements.

The text uses persuasive language.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Speak Your Mind (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445236

ISBN-13: 9781869445232

Splinters is a narrative about a boy named Edward who rescues an injured magpie. The magpie becomes like a pet but when a painter offers to buy him, Edward agrees. Edward regrets the decision but one day the magpie returns. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as imagery and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 186944776X

ISBN-13: 9781869447762

Spooky House is a mystery story about a family that moved into a mysterious old house known for the creepy sounds and lights that come from the attic. The book also discusses text connections, planning a mystery story, and features of a mystery story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as alliteration, similes, metaphors, imagery, and personification and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869445198

ISBN-13: 9781869445195

Spy Mail is a narrative about a man who comes back from a spy mission and has to respond to his mail, some of it formal, some informal, some in letter form and some in emails. The book also discusses text connections, planning formal and informal writing, and features of a formal and informal writing.  

A variety of sentence types is used.  The story is told in the first-person through letters and emails.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and clarifying understanding.

Some formal language, such as Dear Sir/Madam, is used.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Spymail (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447700

ISBN-13: 9781869447700

Squid Monster is a recount about two divers who go cave diving only to be attacked by a giant squid.  The book also discusses text connections, planning a recount, and features of a recount.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and inferring.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869447824

ISBN-13: 9781869447823

Stand Up! is a persuasive text.  Arguments for and against eating meat, using thin models in advertisements, the war on global warming, nuclear power, and genetically modified foods and agri-business are presented in a series of essays.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a persuasive argument.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by illustrations and photographs.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706080

ISBN-13: 9781869706081

Super Structures is an informational report about various structures including the Millau Viaduct, the Channel Tunnel, and Taipei 101.  The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, diagrams, tables, and maps support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 1869703804

ISBN-13: 9781869703806

The Apple Tree Dilemma is a personal recount about a boy and girl who love to play under a big apple tree. When another group of kids finds the tree, the boy and girl try to come up with a plan to get the tree back. In the end, they realize that sharing the tree is much more fun. The book also discusses text connections, planning a personal recount, and features of a personal recount.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as imagery and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869445244

ISBN-13: 9781869445249

The Biggest Girl in the World is a biography of Anna Swan Bates, the biggest women in the world. The book also discusses text connections, planning a biography, and features of a biography.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Photographs and illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and analyzing. 

Potentially unfamiliar vocabulary is defined in context.

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ISBN-10: 186970374X

ISBN-13: 9781869703745

The Complete Survival Guide is a procedural text that details how to survive in a variety of hostile situations.  Hyperthermia and hypothermia, shelter, water, fire, attitude, and improvisation are some of the topics covered. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a procedural text.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by illustrations, diagrams, lists, info boxes, and sidebars.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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ISBN-10: 1869706633

ISBN-13: 9781869706630

The Fall is a narrative about an athletic boy who shatters his shoulder after falling while sliding down the stairs. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative. 

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as personification, colloquialism, slang,  similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703707

ISBN-13: 9781869703707

The Fire Zenith is a fantasy about a man named Malek who uses an animal called a fire zenith to put on a show. When the creature won’t perform, Malek is worried that the audience will be unhappy. He captures another fire zenith but this one won’t perform either, that is until both creatures are reunited and put on a show together. The book also discusses text connections, planning a fantasy, and features of a fantasy.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as alliteration, similes, and metaphors, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting, questioning, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 186944521X

ISBN-13: 9781869445218

The Forty Coats Man is a short story about a girl helping a homeless man after he is accused of poisoning some pigs. The book also discusses text connections, planning a short story, and features of a short story. 

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703758

ISBN-13: 9781869703752

The Gift is a narrative about a girl and her dad trying to save a kitten while mending their relationship and grieving the recent death of her mom. The text contains some emotionally sensitive content. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative, and features of a narrative. 

The text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as personification, alliteration, imagery,  similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869703685

ISBN-13: 9781869703684

The Glass Boy is a historical fiction tale presented in twelve chapters.  Pietro is a lowly helper to a Glass Master in Murano, Venice, but he has secretly been learning the techniques of the art.  When the drunken master enters into a bet that puts his – and Pietro’s – future at stake, can Pietro save the day?  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing historical fiction.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Dramatic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language, as well as terminology related to the setting.

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ISBN-10: 1869706110

ISBN-13: 9781869706111

The Handy Handbook for Harrowing Events is a procedural text that explores several unwanted scenarios and steps to solve them. The book also discusses text connections, planning a procedural text, and features of a procedural text.

Some text is presented as a list or series of steps.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as similes and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and clarifying.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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ISBN-10: 1869445295

ISBN-13: 9781869445294

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, something goes wrong. The book also discusses text connections, planning a science fiction story, and features of a science fiction story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors and similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Materialiser The (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447794

ISBN-13: 9781869447793

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” because no one ever saw them.  When Benji feels a “calling,” the mystery of the moms leads to a discovery and a new future for one of the cousins. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a science fiction story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Artistic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive language.

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ISBN-10: 1869706579

ISBN-13: 9781869706579

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, the police are able to catch the robbers. The book also discusses text connections, planning a narrative story, and features of a narrative story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as similes, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Robbers Mask (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447778

ISBN-13: 9781869447779

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Invoice Title: MS2: Roman Oracle (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445139

ISBN-13: 9781869445133

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 figure out the curse and lift it.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a fantasy story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Artistic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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Invoice Title: MS4: Silent (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 1869706617

ISBN-13: 9781869706616

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 support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as similes, metaphors, imagery, and personification and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Spiders (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445228

ISBN-13: 9781869445225

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 the answer.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a fantasy story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Artistic illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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Invoice Title: MS4: Test (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 1869706056

ISBN-13: 9781869706050

The True Cost of Food is an informational report on the environmental impact associated with food production.  Global warming, food miles, animal faming, commercial fishing, water consumption, and chemical sprays are among the topics covered.  Suggestions for how people can improve the situation by changing their behavior are provided.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing an informational report.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by photographs, charts, and diagrams.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response. An index is provided.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: MS4: True Cost of Food (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 1869706544

ISBN-13: 9781869706548

The Tunnel is a contemporary story told in the first person by Alex.  On a gray day, Alex and his friends Meat and Nick go on an adventure that takes a turn for the scary.  The ensuing ordeal brings each of the boys’ characters into sharp focus and reveals a truth. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a contemporary story.

The text is composed of dialogue and a variety of sentence types.  Contemporary illustrations provide a context and create mood.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features and aspects of plot, character, and setting, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

The narrative is rich in descriptive and figurative language.

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Invoice Title: MS4: Tunnel (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 1869706390

ISBN-13: 9781869706395

The Volcano Awakes! is a first-person factual recount of a reporter’s experience covering the eruption of Mount St. Helens.  Narrative and dialogue are used to tell the dramatic story.  The style is highly descriptive and includes the use of literary devices, such as personification.  The book concludes with several features dealing with creating a summary, making text to self/text/world, and planning to write a factual recount.

The text is organized chronologically.  Illustrations, captioned photographs, bold display type, maps, and diagrams support the text and add excitement.  Numerous prompts encourage readers to use reading strategies and identify literary devices.  A glossary and index are provided.

Highly descriptive vocabulary is used, and unfamiliar or specialized vocabulary is defined in context.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Volcano Awakes (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445082

ISBN-13: 9781869445089

The Wild Ones is a biography of Velma Johnston, an American woman who spent decades fighting to put an end to the slaughter of wild horses for human and animal food. The text contains numerous excerpts from Johnston’s own writing.  The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a biography.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by photographs, a new article, and a legal document.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: MS4: Wild Ones (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 186970603X

ISBN-13: 9781869706036

Tsunami! Wave of Destruction is an informational report that explores tsunamis including information on how to stay safe, warning systems, how tsunamis are formed, and the aftermath of a tsunami. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Photographs and illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Tsunami Wave of Destruction (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445104

ISBN-13: 9781869445102

Tullian Trouble is a science fiction story about a crewman and an inspector travelling to the land of Tull. When the inspector ignores the crewman’s advice, the mission goes wrong. The book discusses text connections, planning a science fiction story, and features of a science fiction story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as metaphors, and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as predicting and inferring.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Tullian Trouble (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447786

ISBN-13: 9781869447786

Uninvited Guests is an informational report that explores the various bugs that like to live in our houses such as cockroaches, mites, beetles, moths, bedbugs, and fleas. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs and timelines support and enhance the text.  Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and inferring.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Uninvited Guests (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447913

ISBN-13: 9781869447915

Up Cloudy Mountain is an adventure story about a boy named Troy and his grandad taking a trip up Cloudy Mountain. When Grandad gets hurt, Troy must venture out on his own to find help. The book also discusses text connections, planning an adventure story, and features of an adventure story.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features, such as similes and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and summarizing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Up Cloudy Mountain (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445201

ISBN-13: 9781869445201

Viewpoint is a persuasive text.  Arguments for and against the seal cull, whaling, and animal testing are presented in a wide variety of formats, including news reports, text messages, web pages, letters, and emails. The book concludes with a feature on planning and writing a persuasive argument.

A contents, clear headings and subheadings, and an edgy, contemporary design facilitate navigation.  The text is supported by illustrations and photographs.  Inset boxes encourage readers to notice visual features, to engage in critical thinking, to activate reading strategies, and to clarify vocabulary.  Boxes also highlight issues and prompt personal response.

Terminology is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: MS4: Viewpoint (Lvl 6)

ISBN-10: 1869706625

ISBN-13: 9781869706623

Vinnie and Me is a personal recount about a boy and his family who take in a mute foster child named Vinnie. When they take a boat trip to see dolphins, Vinnie speaks for the first time. The book also discusses text connections, planning a personal recount, and features of a personal recount. 

The first-person text is divided into chapters and a Contents is provided.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery, personification, idiom, malapropism,  similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, analyzing, and clarifying.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS3: Vinnie & Me (Lvl 5)

ISBN-10: 1869703650

ISBN-13: 9781869703653

Wait and Hope is a fantasy about a boy named Steve and his friend Annie who come home from school to find that all computers, robots, and other electronics have rebelled and are trying to take over. The book also discusses text connections, planning a fantasy, and features of a fantasy.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, idiom, colloquialism, personification, similes, and metaphors and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and analyzing.

The text uses descriptive language.

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Invoice Title: MS3: Wait & Hope (Lvl 5)

ISBN-10: 1869703715

ISBN-13: 9781869703714

Weather Alert! is an informational report about storms including information on thunderstorms, tornados, cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons. The book also discusses text connections, planning an informational report, and features of an informational report.

The text is divided into sections and has a Contents.  A variety of sentence types is used.  Captioned photographs, diagrams, maps, and tables support and enhance the text.  Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, and clarifying.  An index is provided.

Content-specific vocabulary is defined in context and in the glossary.

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Invoice Title: MS2: Weather Alert (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445155

ISBN-13: 9781869445157

What Do You Think? is a collection of letters to the editor about various issues including whether dogs should be banned from the beach, whether a toy factory should be built near a marshland, and whether cats should be locked up at night. The book also discusses text connections, planning a letter to an editor, and features of a letter to an editor.

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes call attention to literary features and prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning, predicting, inferring, and summarizing.

The text uses persuasive language.

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Invoice Title: MS2: What Do You Think (Lvl 4)

ISBN-10: 1869445112

ISBN-13: 9781869445119

What’s New? is a collection of advertisements about various fictional products. The book discusses text connections, planning an advertisement, and features of an advertisement. 

A variety of sentence types is used.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and predicting.

The vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

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Invoice Title: MS1: Whats New (Lvl 3)

ISBN-10: 1869447735

ISBN-13: 9781869447731

You Need It! is a collection of advertisements about various products. The book also discusses text connections, planning an advertisement, and features of an advertisement. 

The text is presented in the form of posters and websites.  Illustrations support and enhance the text.  Text boxes highlight persuasive techniques and comprehension strategies.

The text uses persuasive language.

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Invoice Title: MS3: You Need It (Lvl 5)

ISBN-10: 1869703766

ISBN-13: 9781869703769