RISE Books: Levels C–N (8 titles per level, 8 copies each)
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Joey Flores and his friends love to skateboard, and their friend Kevin has just shot a video of them doing some favorite moves. In this excerpt, they are heading to Joey’s house to watch the raw footage.
Short Reads for
by Briar Wilton
Chapter 2
J oey couldn’t wait the day or two it would take for Kevin to do his video magic. Kevin had filmed his successful glide along the ramp rail and his half-pipe plunge and also some really cool tricks Fiona did, so they wanted to watch the rough video at Joey’s right away. Joey’s mom thought he was too young for a cell phone, so he’d borrowed Kevin’s to ask her if it was okay, and his mom had invited both his friends to stay for Friday night pizza. She’d invited Dylan, too, but when Joey mentioned it, Dylan snickered. “Like I would want to hang out with a bunch of little kids. Get real.”
As the group skated along a stretch of sidewalk, Dylan continued to give Joey a hard time. That was probably why he volunteered to walk him home, Joey figured. . . . Their neighborhood lay on the other side of the highway, past the grassy hillside planted with flowers. Next came a cluster of tidy bungalow houses, and beyond that, the apartment complex where Joey and Dylan lived. The sidewalk continued underneath the arched tunnel, and soon Joey and Fiona were in the shade it provided as cars hummed
Realistic Fiction
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A Little Moose With a Big Heart
by Michelle Lombaerde illustrated by Angelika Scudamore
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