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Interrupting the Big Sleep

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Sapphire (Levels 29-30)
  • Year: Five
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Family, Personal change, Relationships
  • Genre: Realistic fiction
  • Strategy/Skills: Making connections, Making predictions, Monitoring for meaning
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 30
  • Item Code: 200417
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1491, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1795, ACELT1610, ACELY1698, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703
Reader Description

The boy is bored. He's staying with his uncle on a farm where there's nothing but cactuses and space. Or so it seems. When the boy opens the barn door he finds a car like no other, but also something quick and deadly!

After you have completed the Reader

In Chapter 5, the snake explains how it ended up in the Cadillac. Write a similar description from the tarantula's point of view, explaining why it was in the car. Try to imagine what the spider would see and feel, and how it would move.

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