Designed specifically for Texas STAAR Reading Program. Book contains 10 Warm-Ups that feature guided instruction, 4 Practice Tests.

Designed specifically for Texas STAAR Reading Program. Book contains 10 Warm-Ups that feature guided instruction, 4 Practice Tests.

Designed specifically for Texas STAAR Reading Program. Book contains 10 Warm-Ups that feature guided instruction, 4 Practice Tests.

Designed specifically for Texas STAAR Reading Program. Book contains 10 Warm-Ups that feature guided instruction, 4 Practice Tests.

Long ago in Romania a prince dealt fairly with a lying merchant and an honest peasant.

Narrator Anne Marie paints pictures of family life from grief to hope after her father abandons his "four girls"--Anne Marie and her mother and twin and baby sisters. Anne Marie's story is written as a series of linked poems with illustrations.

Thirteen-year old McKay is a talented baseball player, but as equally untalented when it comes to algebra. If he doesn't bring his grade up, his parents threaten to make him quit the team. His best friend Tony thinks the natural solution is for McKay to befriend Serena, a pretty girl in class, who also happens to get straight A's in algebra. Not only will that get McKay the tutor he desperately needs, but it will give Tony the chance to flirt with Serena's two best friends. Unfortunately, if McKay follows Tony's advice on how to "play the game," he might find himself in an even worse spot than when he was merely failing algebra. With a keen sense of wit, and more self-confidence than he gives himself credit for, McKay will keep readers alternately laughing and groaning as he is dragged kicking and screaming into the subtle (and often not so subtle) world of teen dating.