Jackson är elva år gammal. Han minns med glädje Alma som när han var liten brukade sitta barnvakt åt honom. Nu är Alma gift och har själv ett litet barn.
Men Jackson förstår attallt inte står rätt till mellan alma och hennes man. Almas man slår henne! Men vad kanen elvaåring [...]
Level 3. This story presents a warm, funny relationship between a boy and his sweet, sometimes annoying, younger brother Ant (short for Anthony).[...]
A tornado appears in the distance, and Pete, the farmhand, gathers everyone into the storm cellar. While they wait for the storm to pass, he tells the family about the dog dropped down by a tornado when Pete was a boy. Named Tornado, Pete s pet was no ordinary dog -- he played card tricks, saved a t[...]
Amen McBee, the youngest of five sisters, gobbles up words the way other children gobble up sweets. She couldn't be more different from her elder twin sisters Arabella and Annabella-called the Bellas. The mischievous Bellas constantly frighten Amen with stories of Mr. Tominski-the old recluse who li[...]