FantasyPAIREDREADKintaro,FriendoftheAnimalsbyYvonneMorrinillustratedbyScottPearsonNotfromAroundHereHereSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyacquaintance,cautiously,complementary,jumble,logical,scornfully,scrounging,trustworthyWordCount:2,150ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119159-8MHID:0-02-119159-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1NewNeighbors.............................2Chapter2LuistheSpy...............................5Chapter3AnAlarmingDiscovery....................10Chapter4ASecretRevealed.........................13RespondtoReading.......................16Kintaro,FriendoftheAnimals...17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionHowcanyoumakenewfriendsfeelwelcome?byYvonneMorrinillustratedbyScottPearsonNotfromAroundAroundHereHere“You’vebeeninsideallmorning,”Luis’smomsaid.“Whydon’tyougooutsideandgetsomefreshair?”Luissighed.Itwasascorchingday.Allhisfriendsintheneighborhoodwereawayatcamp.Thestreetwasstillandquiet.Luiswentoutontothefrontporch.Hedidn’tlikelookingattheSOLDsignoutsidethehousenextdoor.Itwasareminderthathisbestfriend,Sam,hadmovedaway.Instead,Luissatontheporchswingfacingawayfromtheneighbor’shouse.Schoolhadfinishedamonthago.Luishadreadallhiscomicsandplayedonhiscomputeruntilhewastiredofit.Nowhealmostwishedschoolwouldstartagainjustsohe’dhavesomethingtodo.CHAPTER1NewNeighbors2Luisfinallyturnedaroundandlookedatthetreehouseintheneighbor’syard.HeandSamhaduseditasafort,spaceship,submarine,andspyheadquarters.Nowitwasjustalonelyoldtreehouse,waitingforanewchildtoclaimit.Luissighe...
