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Comprehension Questions – Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #14 The Zoo Crew

The Zoo Crew

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; Lexile 550L; AR pts: 1.0

The Clue Crew spends some of their summer vacation attending a Zoo Camp.  They get to make toys and snacks for the animals and help clean the petting zoo.  But there's trouble when the enrichment toys go missing and chimpanzees show up at the animal hospital sick. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry Rocks

Horrid Henry Rocks

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter go to war in the first story of this book.   Then Henry gets a craving in the middle of night and sneaks into Margaret's secret tent and steals her cookies,  he writes his autobiography and in the last story Henry gets to go to a concert. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Henry loves scary movies and is very disappointed in the latest movie about the zombie vampire werewolf.  He decides to make his own scary with a challenge from Margaret that his won't be as good as hers.  You'll also read about Henry going to Aunt Ruby's as well as how Henry behaves when he trades Peter for his grump cards and how Henry throws his own Olympic games. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #23 Babysitting Bandit

 Babysitting Bandit

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; AR pts: 2.0

Nancy and her friends are asked to be mother's helpers for a neighbor whose adopted twins.  As they babysit a special rattle, music CD and toy mouse disappear which is upsetting to the twins.  The Clue Crew hops on the case and investigates to find out who would take toys from babies. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #33 The Pumpkin Patch Puzzle

The Pumpkin Patch Puzzle

By Carolyn Keene

Grades2-4; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 2.0

Nancy and her friends are excited about the Fall Festival and can't wait to enter the pumpkin decorating contest.   But right before the contest begins someone has created mischief in the pumpkin tent.  Nancy and the Clue Crew have to solve the mystery of who made the mess in the pumpkin tent before the end of the festival or there won't be a pumpkin decorating contest. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #5 The Case of the Sneaky Snowman

The Case of the Sneaky Snowman

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 1.0

Nancy and the Clue Crew build a snowman during their winter break, but strange things begin to happen when one of their friends from school begins to tell fortunes and they begin to come true.  The Clue Crew needs to solve how all of the fortunes are coming true before everything snowballs out of control. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In these simple short stories, Horrid Henry tries to trick the tooth fairy, gets to be a ring bearer for his cousin's wedding, has Moody Margaret as a house guest for two weeks, and gets a new teacher at school.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman

Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In this collection of stories, Horrid Henry tries to win a snowman building contest so he can win ice cream for a year.  He also gets grounded from watching television and is sent to his room where he writes his will.  Henry likes Margaret’s idea of doing makeovers and decides to make some money doing his own.  And the last story is about when Horrid Henry gets to meet his favorite author. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #24 Princess Mix-up Mystery

Princess Mix-up Mystery

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction; Lexile 590L; AR pts: 1.0

Nancy and her friends win royal treatments at Prissy’s Princess Parlor.  They go in for their makeovers and come out with blue hair that smells like rotten eggs.  Nancy and the Clue Crew are on the move trying to find out who sabotaged the Princess Parlor and their makeovers. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By Mark Twain

Grades 8-12; Genre - Fiction; GRL Z; AR pts: 12.0

Tom Sawyer is a thirteen year old boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River.  Under the care of his Aunt Polly he tests her patience with his quick wit and adventuresome spirit.  Tom often goes looking for adventure with his friend Huck Finn and they find themselves witnessing a murder and finding some real treasure. Continue reading