FantasyPAIREDREADKintaro,FriendoftheAnimalsbyYvonneMorrinillustratedbyScottPearsonNotfromAroundHereHereSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyacquaintance,cautiously,complemented,jumble,logical,scornfully,scrounged,trustworthyELLVocabularyadvice,hoveredWordCount:1,572ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119153-6MHID:0-07-119153-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1NewNeighbors.............................2Chapter2LuistheSpy...............................5Chapter3AnAlarmingDiscovery....................10Chapter4ASecretRevealed.........................13RespondtoReading.......................16Kintaro,FriendoftheAnimals...17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionHowcanyoumakenewfriendsfeelwelcome?byYvonneMorrinillustratedbyScottPearsonNotfromAroundAroundHereHere“Gooutsideandplay,”Luis’smomsuggested.Luissighed.Hewentoutontothefrontporch.Itwasveryhot,andthestreetwasquiet.Itwassummervacation,andhisfriendswereawayatcamp.ThehousenextdoorhadaSOLDsignonthefrontlawn.Luis’sbestfriend,Sam,usedtolivednextdoor,butSamhadmovedaway.Luissatontheporchswing.Hefeltsad.Hehadreadallthecomicbooksandplayedallthecomputergames.Hewasbored.Healmostwishedschoolwouldstartagain.CHAPTER1NewNeighborsLuisporchswing2Luislookedatthetreehouseintheyardnextdoor.HeandSamhadplayedinthetreehouse.Theyhadusedthetreehouseasaspaceshipandspyheadquarters.Soon,somebodyelsewasgoingtoplayinit.Luissighedagain.Thenhenoticedacarpullupintothedrivewaynextdoor.ItwastherealestateagentwhohadsoldSam’shouse.Luiswascurious.Hewatchedtoseewhatshewasdo...