CallMeCallMeMaxMaxRealisticFictionPAIREDREADFashionSwapbyVivienneJosephillustratedbyScottAngleCallMeMaxSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySentenceCluesVocabularyconsolation,glimmer,heinous,indispensable,perception,phobic,sarcastic,thresholdWordCount:3,161ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118639-6MHID:0-02-118639-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110CallMeMaxPAIREDREADChapter1NewBeginnings.............................2Chapter2AnActofKindness..........................5Chapter3ANewNickname............................8Chapter4AChancetoShine...........................12RespondtoReading.........................16FashionSwap.....................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionHowdonewexperiencesoffernewperspectives?byVivienneJosephillustratedbyScottAngleCallMeMaxIopenedmyeyes.Itwasmyfirstdayatmynewmiddleschool,thedayI’dlookedforwardto…untilmywholelifechanged,thatis.IpulledthecoversovermyheadandrememberedthedayMomandDadtoldmeweweremovingtoanothertown.Thetwins,EduardoandRafa,hadgrinsstretchedacrosstheirfaces.Evenmybabysister,Aida,seemedthrilledbythenews.IfelthappyforDad,whohadfoundanewjob,andforMom,whowouldbeclosertoherfamily,butIfeltsadformyself.AllIcouldthinkofwasmyfriends,ScottandChen,atJeffersonRegional,andhowIwouldn’tbeseeingthemanymore.“Max,”Momcalled,“breakfastisready.”IpulledonmynewjeansandthefreshlyironedshirtthatMomhadcarefullylaidoutattheendofmybed,tuggedonsocksandsneakers,andslowlydraggedmyfeetdowntothekitchen.“Oh,my!”Momsaid.“Youlookgreat.”IattemptedtosmilebackasIsatatthetableandlookeddownatmyfa...
