PAIREDREADScrapDrivesandRationBooksHistoricalFiction’Mrs.Gleeson’sRedsbySandyMcKayyyyillustratedbyTimJonesSTRATEGIES&SKILLSA**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,368**ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyHomophonesVocabularybulletins,contribution,diversity,enlisted,intercept,operations,recruits,survivalContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119231-1MHID:0-02-119231-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC171615141312PAIREDREADChapter1ACountryatWar.............................2Chapter2TheScrapDrive...............................6Chapter3AndrewTellsaFib............................9Chapter4OldFriendsReturn...........................12RespondtoReading..........................16ScrapDrivesandRationBooks.....17FocusonLiteraryElements...................20EssentialQuestionHowdodifferentgroupscontributetoacause?’Mrs.Gleeson’sRedsbySandyMcKayyyyillustratedbyTimJonesAndrewracedtotheBoyScoutsmeeting.Hewassupposedtohavebeenatthehalltenminutesago.Itwasallhislittlesister’sfault.Shehadneededhelpwithhershoelaces,andMomwasstillatwork.Hisbestfriend,Ernie,probablywouldhavegonewithouthim.“Thestreetseemssoemptytoday,”Andrewthought,butthen,everythingwasdifferentthesedays.Nothinghadbeenthesamesincethewarbegan.Itwas1943,andWorldWarIIwastheonlythingonpeople’sminds.Ayearago,DadhadlefthisjobandenlistedintheMarineCorps.AsAndrewracedalongthestreet,thatterriblegood-byescenerushedbackintohismind.Chapter1Chapter1Chapter1ACountryatWar2Dadstoodinfrontofhiminhisshinyne...
