f.a.s.t. readers tales of mystery - mystery of the mist clouds
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Filled with mysterious clouds and selfless animal heroes, this new 8-book series is sure to captivate young readers. The series opens at reading level 1.2 and progresses to reading level 5.6.TRANSCRIPT
Tales of Mystery
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Mystery of the Mist Clouds
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Cover art by Dean McCready
Judy and Hobo await a scary storm as
Halloween approaches, only to hear even
more bizarre claims about that mysterious
funnel cloud. And why is it stealing all the
neighborhood animals? Detective Sanchez is
on hand once again to help crack the case!
Mystery of the Mist Clouds targets F.A.S.T.
Reading System concept 12, diphthongs, including
syllables with au, aw, oo, ou, ow oi, and oy, as
well as concept 13, syllables with ee, ai, ay, oa,
oe, ui, and ue. Book Five also reviews F.A.S.T.
Reading System concepts 1-12, which were
introduced in the first four books of this series.
ISBN 1-597-92025-8
F.A.S.T. Readers
High Interest/Low Reading Level Storybooks
Chapter 4
R Family & Green Walkers
coffee explain complained teachers proceed
wait three screeched speakerphone raincoats
started forth understood aimed screaming
Breaking
empty frantic calmly incident investigation
dangers grumpy overcast teaching several
checkerboard button covered playfully
mysterious difficult powerful rotating engulfed
Phrases
wiggled his ears switch locations next to the field
into a steady rain Sure enough back and forth
slightly behind her He knew it almost there
Tales of Mystery Series
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Chapter 4
Sudden Danger
The next day, Detective Sanchez got up before the
sun. He grabbed a mug of hot coffee and left for the
office. The streets were empty and the shops were still
closed. Detective Sanchez liked this time of day.
At the office, Detective Sanchez sat at his desk
and sipped his coffee. Suddenly, the phone rang. He
jumped; the phone never rang before eight.
“Ms. Raven will be frantic about her cat Pepper,”
Judy said. “What are we going to tell her?”
Detective Sanchez said calmly, “Don’t worry,
Judy. I will go over to her house and explain what
happened last night. I need you and Hobo to go to
school and act like everything is OK. Can you do
that?”
Judy complained, “Pablo, not being able to tell
my teachers about the incident will make for a very
long school day.”
Mystery of the Misty Clouds
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“I understand, but it will help me a lot,” Detective
Sanchez said. “I need more time to make a plan on
how to proceed in this investigation. We must
consider the dangers that face us.”
Judy agreed, thanked Detective Sanchez for his
advice, and then hung up the phone.
Judy felt grumpy as she got ready for school. But
Hobo came up to her and wiggled his ears. Judy
grinned. She said, “I’m lucky to have you for a pal,
Hobo.”
They left for school. The rain had stopped, but it
was overcast.
The school day seemed extra long. Hobo often
looked at Judy, and he could tell that she was
distracted. Finally their last class was over. As they
started for home, Hobo said to Judy, “Checkers! Let’s
play checkers while we wait for Pablo’s call.”
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Over the past year, Judy had spent time teaching
Hobo how to play the game. Last month, Hobo beat
Judy for the first time.
Judy said, “First one home gets to set up the
checkers.”
They both dashed across the schoolyard. Hobo
beat Judy to their front gate by several seconds. He
quickly ran into the house and grabbed the
checkerboard and a bag of checkers from the closet.
“I’m going to win the game,” he said as Judy sat
next to him.
After playing three games, Judy hopped up and
turned on the radio. Suddenly, there was a crack of
thunder. Judy screeched and Hobo jumped.
“Gosh, I wasn’t expecting that,” Judy said.
“That was scary,” Hobo added. Just then, the
phone rang. Hobo grabbed the phone and gave it to
Judy.
“Judy, this is Pablo.”
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“Hi, Pablo,” Judy said, as she pressed the
speakerphone button.
Detective Sanchez asked, “Can you and Hobo
help me tonight?”
“Yes, sir!” Hobo yelled.
Detective Sanchez chuckled. He added, “Hi,
Hobo. I’m glad that you are listening. This is my plan.
Tonight, we will switch locations. I will watch the
area next to the field. Both of you will check on the
area that I covered last night.”
Judy glanced at Hobo, who was nodding his head
up and down. “We’ll be there,” she agreed.
When she had hung up the phone, Judy said to
Hobo, “Let’s get ready!”
They rushed to the closet and put on their
raincoats and boots. Hobo opened the front door and
stuck out his hand. It had begun to drizzle. He turned
to Judy and said, “Umbrellas!”
Grabbing the umbrellas, they ran outside….
Tales of Mystery Series
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