PAIREDREADChicago:JazzCentralHistoricalFictionbyDavidMurphyillustratedbyCarlPearceHARDTIMESSTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,581**ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyassuming,guarantee,nominate,obviously,rely,supportive,sympathy,weaklingContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119247-2MHID:0-02-119247-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AToughDecision.............................2Chapter2LifeWithoutDaddy...........................7Chapter3TogetherAgain...............................12RespondtoReading.........................16Chicago:JazzCentral...............17FocusonGenre..............................20EssentialQuestionHowdosharedexperienceshelppeopleadapttochange?byDavidMurphyillustratedbyCarlPearceHARDTIMES“Wecan’tgoonlikethis.”RuthandRitchiehadjustblownoutthecandleontheirbirthdaycake.Itwasthetwins’twelfthbirthday,butitdidnotfeellikeapartyinthelittlediningroom.Theirfather,JohnTillerman,spokefromtheheadoftheworntable.Thelinesonhisfacehaddeepenedwitheachletterfromthebank.Thingswereserious.Itwas1933,fouryearssincetheGreatDepressionhadbegun.ThosefouryearshadbeendesperatelyhardfortheTillermanfamilyastheybattledtoscrapealivingfromtheirsmallfarm.“ThewayIfigureit,ifwedon’tdosomethin’soon,”Johncontinued,“we’llhavetopackupandheadwest,alongwithamillionotherpoorsoulsinsearchofthePromisedLand.”Justthismorning,thelatestinaparadeofsorry-lookingautomobile...
