RealisticFictionPAIREDREADCAKEandLemonadebyJesseBornemannbyJesseBornemannillustratedillustratedbybyNoahNoahPhippsPhippsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularydilemma,feebly,persistent,recoiled,roused,skewed,summon,vastnessWordCount:3,177Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119260-1MHID:0-02-119260-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhatkindsofchallengestransformpeople?Chapter1DifficultNews................................2Chapter2ABrilliantIdea...............................6Chapter3NameYourPrice............................10RespondtoReading.........................16CAKEandLemonade...............17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20byJesseBornemannbyJesseBornemannillustratedillustratedbybyNoahNoahPhippsPhipps“It’snotfair!”Jacob,Jessica’slittlebrother,gaveanear-splittingshriekandthrewhimselfontothecouch.Underanyothercircumstances—say,ifJacobhadbeendemandingtheremotecontrolorrefusingtoeatpeas(again)—MomandDadwouldhavesenthimtohisroominaninstant.Jessicasuspectedthistimewouldbedifferent,though.Thingsreallyweren’tfair.Sureenough,MomonlysighedandDadgrimaced.“Thisishardforallofus,Jacob,”hesaidquietly.“We’veallbeenlookingforwardtoWildWorldforalongtime.”Jessicanodded.Allwinter,Jessicahadbeencompilingalistoftheridesshewantedtotry,startingwithPeril’sPeak,thelargestrollercoasterinthestate.MakinglistswasoneofJessica’sfavoritehobbies.AsMomtriedtoconsoleJacob,Jessicacouldn’thelpstartinganewlistinhermind.DifficultNewsChapter12ReasonsThisIsNOTFair:1)DadhasworkedatRossPaperIncorporatedpractically...