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The Cricket in Times SquareGeorge Selden

For the Teacher

This reproducible study guide to use in conjunction with the novel The Cricket

in Times Square consists of lessons for guided reading. Written in chapter-by-chapter

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hension exercises, as well as extension activities to be used as follow-up to the novel.

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students can participate in several pre-reading activities. Vocabulary questions should

be considered prior to reading a chapter; all other work should be done after the chapter

has been read. Comprehension questions can be answered orally or in writing. The

classroom teacher should determine the amount of work to be assigned, always keep-

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THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE

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SYNOPSIS

Resourceful Tucker Mouse, who lives in a New York City subway station, enjoyswatching the bustle of activity around his Times Square home. In particular, he observesthe Bellini family, who operate an unsuccessful newsstand in the station.

One day, young Mario Bellini is delighted to find a cricket at the bottom of apile of trash. After gently cleaning off the cricket, Mario makes him a tiny matchbox bed.Mario’s parents arrive at the newsstand, and to Mario’s distress, Mama orders him tothrow the insect away. Mario and his father finally convince Mama to let the cricket stayat the newsstand for a while.

After the humans leave, Tucker Mouse introduces himself to the cricket, whosename is Chester. When Tucker Mouse learns that Chester likes liverwurst, he graciouslyshares some with him while the cricket explains how he arrived in New York City.Apparently, a few days earlier, Chester had been at his country home in Connecticutwhen he got stuck in the picnic basket of some visiting New Yorkers. Suddenly, he foundhimself carried onto a subway train, and only managed to escape by jumping into the dirtat the Times Square stop.

At this point in Chester’s story, the cricket is frightened by the appearance of alarge cat, Tucker’s old friend Harry, who admires Chester’s chirping. The three then ven-ture out of the station to sample New York City nightlife.

The next morning Mario returns with food for Chester. First, Mario takesChester to meet Mickey, the counterman, who makes Chester a miniature strawberrysoda. Then Mario finds his father discussing opera with Mr. Smedley, a music teacherwho is the Bellinis’ best customer. When Chester produces a chirp, Mr. Smedley isimpressed by the creature’s musical ability.

Mario decides that it is time to get a house for Chester. Since Mario’s friendJimmy Lebovski says that the Chinese like crickets, Mario takes Chester to Chinatown insearch of a cage. There he meets Sai Fong, the proprietor of a novelty shop, who producesa cage that was once used for the Emperor of China’s cricket. Then Sai Fong tells thestory of a truthsayer whom the high gods turned into a cricket to protect him from beingmurdered. Chester’s chirping delights Sai Fong who sells Mario the cage for only fifteencents. He also gives him a tiny bell and a fortune cookie.

Later that night, when the Bellinis have closed up the newsstand, Harry letsChester out of his cage. Tucker Mouse decides that he would like to sleep in the cage,using some money and an earring borrowed from the open cash register as bedding.

Unfortunately, Chester sleepwalks to the register drawer that night andmunches on a two-dollar bill, dreaming that it is a leaf. Furious, Mama Bellini confinesChester to his cage until Mario can earn back the money. Tucker reluctantly agrees togive up some change he has collected. When a bewildered Mama finds the pile of coins inthe cage, she relents.

Mario decides to ask Sai Fong for advice about Chester’s diet. When Mario andChester arrive at his shop, Sai Fong serves them a delicious Chinese meal. From a Chinesetext, he finds that crickets eat mulberry leaves and produces some from his own tree forChester to take home.

Two months after Chester’s arrival the three animals celebrate with a party.Tucker Mouse provides various tidbits he has hoarded, including soft drinks with icespilled at the soda stand. Chester entertains his friends by imitating several songs fromthe radio, and all are in a festive mood until Tucker accidentally starts a fire. A distraughtMama later learns from Paul, the shuttle conductor who put out the fire, that animalswere seen fleeing from the burning stand. Convinced that Chester is jinxed, Mama isabout to demand that he go, but she relents when she hears him wistfully chirp one ofher favorite Italian songs.

Chester’s musical career is launched. With Tucker as manager, he performs forsubway commuters. When a letter Mr. Smedley writes to the music editor of The NewYork Times is printed, Chester becomes a celebrity. Newsstand business improves as theimpromptu concerts attract crowds of listeners. Chester is glad to help the Bellinis.

Chester, however, begins to long for his Connecticut home. Although Chester’sanimal friends will be sorry to see him go, they have a retirement party for him. Chesterholds a spectacular farewell concert. Afterwards, he plays leapfrog and hide-and-seekwith Mario, then performs a private concert for the boy. Harry the cat and Tucker Mouselead Chester above ground to the train for Connecticut and wave good-bye as his traindeparts.

The Bellinis are shocked to discover Chester is missing. But when Mario seesthat the bell Chester got from Sai Fong is gone, too, he realizes what has happened.Understanding that Chester will be happier at home in Connecticut, Mario can accept theloss of his friend. The story closes on a poignant conversation between Harry the cat andTucker Mouse in which they agree that next summer might be a good time to take a tripto Connecticut.



PRE-READING ACTIVITIES

1. Preview the book by reading the title and the author’s name and by looking at theillustration on the cover. What do you think the book will be about? Where is TimesSquare? How might a cricket end up there? Do you think this book will be realistic ora fantasy? Will it be serious or funny?

2. Look at the illustrations in the book and then find the copyright date opposite theTable of Contents. What do you know about the time when this story was written?Why do you think this book has been popular for so long?

3. Have you ever heard of George Selden? Among other books, he has written a sequel tothis one, Tucker’s Countryside. Similarly, Garth Williams has illustrated Charlotte’sWeb and Stuart Little. What do all of these books have in common?

4. Have you ever adopted an outdoor pet? How did you care for the pet? What were thebenefits and problems of having the pet? How did the animal like its new home? Howdid your parents like the pet? What finally happened to the pet?

5. Science Connection: Do some research to learn about crickets. Find out about theirhabits, their life cycles, how they chirp, and how other cultures (particularly, theChinese) view them. As you read the book compare your facts about crickets to theactions of the cricket in the story.

6. Cooperative Learning Activity: Work in a small cooperative group with one studenttaking notes. Discuss how you would behave if you were a mouse, cat, cricket, bird, dog,or other animal and found yourself in a busy city subway station.

• How could you live?• What might you eat?• What dangers would you try to avoid?• Who might help you?• How would you entertain yourself?

7. Music Connection: Listen to recordings of the music that you will find mentioned inthe story: “Blue Danube Waltz,” Italian folk songs, South American rhumbas, “ComeBack to Sorrento,” symphonies, musical comedies, violin concertos, hymns (“Rock ofAges,” “The Rosary,” “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”), Irish jigs, and opera (Aida, Luciadi Lammermoor). Listen to some of the music before you read the book, and then listento the specific works of music after the chapter in which each appears.

8. Consider two different character types which you will find in the book—the city slickerand the country bumpkin. Look for the ways in which the characters in the book con-form to one of these character types.

9. Social Studies Connection: Obtain a street map of New York City and find the placesas they are mentioned in the story. Then go online to find pictures of these places suchas Times Square and Chinatown. Display these pictures on your class bulletin board.



CHAPTER 1

Vocabulary: Draw a line from each word on the left to its definition on the right. Thenuse the numbered words to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

a. vehicle such as a train or bus that travels regularly back and forth over a given route

b. metal barriers used for covering somethingc. disappeard. desertede. shining faintly; twinklingf. lessened; settled downg. sway abruptlyh. small space

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1. The squirrel settled into its _______________________ in the tree.

2. The boat gave a sudden _______________________, causing the passengers to stumble.

3. On a clear night, you can see distant stars _______________________ in the sky.

4. Finally the storm _______________________ and the sun came out.

5. The sewer workers took the _______________________ off and climbed through theopenings.

6. We watched in awe as the magician made the rabbit _______________________ beforeour eyes.

7. There will be a(n) _______________________ leaving from the hotel every hour.

8. The hikers sought shelter in a(n) _______________________ cabin.

Questions:

1. Why does Tucker enjoy living in an abandoned drainpipe?

2. Why does Mario work late at his family’s newspaper stand?

3. Why doesn’t Paul wait for his change? What does this reveal about him?

Read to find out about the relationship between Tucker, a mouse,and the Bellini family.



1. abandoned

2. subsided

3. shuttle

4. lurch

5. niche

6. grills

7. glimmering

8. vanish

Chapter 1 (cont.)

Questions for Discussion:

1. If Mario were in your class, do you think he would be a friend of yours?

2. What sounds do you think Tucker would not recognize?

3. How do you think Tucker feels about living in New York City?

Literary Devices:

I. Anthropomorphism—Anthropomorphism in literature is a device in which an authorgives human qualities to an animal, plant, or material object. George Selden has givenTucker Mouse many human qualities.

What does Tucker do that only humans can do?

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What personality traits does Tucker have that seem human?

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Why do you think the author uses the device of anthropomorphism in this story?

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I. Hook—A hook in literature refers to an opening passage of a book in which an authortries to grab the reader’s attention. What is the hook at the beginning of this book?

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What questions does it arouse in the reader’s mind?

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Are these questions answered in Chapter One?

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Chapter 1 (cont.)

I. Cliffhanger—A cliffhanger is a device borrowed from serialized silent films in whichan episode ends at a moment of suspense. In a book it usually appears at the end of achapter to encourage the reader to go on in the book. What is the cliffhanger at theend of Chapter One?

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Literary Element: Setting:

The setting of a work of fiction refers to the time and place where the events of a storyoccur. George Selden, the author of The Cricket in Times Square, chooses words carefullyto describe the setting of the story. Reread the first chapter so that you can fill in the ovals with specific examples of colorful language.

Writing Activity:

Write about a place you know, using as much colorful language as possible to help yourreader appreciate the scene.



II

Sight

Smell

Sound

Touch Taste

CHAPTER 2

Vocabulary: Synonyms are words with similar meanings. Draw a line from each word in column A to its synonym in column B. Then use the words in column A to fill in theblanks in the sentences below.

A B1. peculiar a. dimly2. faintly b. carefully3. refuse c. trash4. anxiously d. contemptuously5. scornfully e. fat6. cautiously f. odd7. stout g. smart8. intelligent h. nervously

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1. Do not expect good treatment in return if you speak _______________________ to me.

2. If you eat a lot of sweets and pasta, you will become too _______________________ to fitinto your clothes.

3. The children waited _______________________ backstage until it was their turn to perform.

4. You will hear a(n) _______________________ sound coming from the alarm box whenthe battery is wearing out.

5. After the picnic, throw all of your_______________________ into the bins near the campsite.

6. If you take a piece of fruit instead of a piece of candy for a snack, you have made a(n)_______________________ choice.

7. Look from left to right before you move forward _______________________ on a busystreet corner.

8. The fog was so thick that we could only see the moon shining _______________________in the night sky.

Read to find out what is making the strange noise.



Chapter 2 (cont.)

Questions:

1. What is the mysterious sound that Mario hears late at night in the subway station?

2. How does Mario solve the problem of making a home for the cricket? What else mighthe have done?

3. Why doesn’t Mama want Mario to keep the cricket?

4. On what conditions does Mama accept the cricket?


1. Why do you think Mario is so happy to have found a cricket?

2. Look at the two pictures in this chapter. How does the expression on Mario’s face com-pare with the expressions on his parents’ faces? How do you think they feel? How wouldyou feel in the same situation?

3. Why does Papa think keeping the cricket is like keeping the newsstand?

Literary Devices:

I. Simile—A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared, usingthe words “like” or “as.” For example:

It [the sound] was like a quick stroke across the strings of a violin . . .

What is being compared?

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Why is this more descriptive than just saying, “it was a quick, short sound”?

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I. Personification—Personification is a literary device in which an author grants humanqualities to non-human objects. For example:

One afternoon, as the low sun reached long yellow fingers throughthe tall grass, . . .

What is being personified?

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What mood does this create?

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Chapter 2 (cont.)

Math Connection:

According to Mario, you can tell the temperature by a cricket’s chirps: you count the number of chirps in a minute, divide by four, and add forty.

Work Space

1. If a cricket chirps 16 times in oneminute, what is the temperature?

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2. If a cricket chirps 200 times in oneminute, what is the temperature?

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3. Do crickets chirp more when it iscold or when it is hot?

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Writing Activity:

Write about a real or imagined time when you brought home a pet. Tell about your family’sreaction and how the pet adjusted to life with your family.



CHAPTER 3

Vocabulary: Verbs are words that show action. Draw a line from each verb in column Ato its meaning in column B. Then use the verbs in column A to answer the questions below.

A B1. eavesdrop a. move swiftly2. dart b. chew noisily3. munch c. look searchingly with narrowed eyes4. explore d. listen secretly to a private conversation5. whisper e. speak with soft, hushed sounds6. peer f. investigate; examine closely

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1. What would you do if you needed to talk to a friend in the library?

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2. What would a mouse do if it were chased by a cat?

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3. What would you do if you wanted to look through a keyhole to see who was at the door?

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4. How would you listen to what grownups were saying behind closed doors?

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5. What would you do with a pretzel?

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6. How would you find out what is at the end of a long, dark hall?

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Questions:

1. How do Chester and Tucker meet?2. How did Chester the Cricket, a country insect, get to New York?3. Why does Tucker interrupt the story? 4. How did Chester end up in the dirt where Mario found him?5. Why does Chester finally chirp?

Read to find out how Chester and Tucker meet.



Chapter 3 (cont.)


1. Do you think Chester and Tucker will become good friends?

2. What problems might a country creature face in a busy city?

Literary Element: Characterization

Use the Venn diagram to compare the characters of Chester and Tucker. Write abouttheir similarities in the overlapping part of the circles. Add information as you continueto read the book.

Chester Tucker

Social Studies Connection:

On a map of the northeastern states, point out the route you think Chester may havetaken from New Canaan, Connecticut to New York City.

Science Connections:

1. Try to find a cricket or other insect. Make a home for your insect and provide foodand nesting materials for it so that it will be comfortable. Keep a journal of its activi-ties and the care you give to your insect.

2. Compare Chester’s and Tucker’s behavior with that of real crickets and mice. Whatdetails are realistic? Which ones could only happen in a story?

Writing Activity:

Pretend you are Chester Cricket. You have just come to New York City from the country.What sights and sounds would you encounter? Write a journal entry telling about yourexperiences and how you feel after this long day.



CHAPTERS 4, 5

Vocabulary: Use the context to help you figure out the best definition of the underlinedword in each of the following sentences. Circle the letter of the word or phrase you choose.

1. I cannot hear what you are saying over the din of the subway trains.

a. soft sound b. loud noise c. bad odor d. enchanting music

2. A mouse must seem huge to an ant.

a. very delicious b. very strange c. extremely small d. extremely large

3. Since I have always lived in the country, I am leery of exploring the city streets bymyself.

a. suspicious b. comfortable c. eager d. determined

4. The young child was too timid to sing in front of an audience even though she wasvery talented.

a. delighted b. angry c. relaxed d. shy

5. When the music teacher heard the boy play the violin, he prophesied that he wouldbe a great success one day.

a. argued b. lectured c. predicted d. wrote

6. It is easier to chew a tender string bean then a stringy steak.

a. soft b. tough c. green d. rotted

Questions:

1. Why isn’t Tucker Mouse afraid of Harry the Cat?

2. Why does Chester begin to feel happy in the city?

3. Why do Tucker and Harry want to take Chester to Times Square?

4. Why is Chester pleased to see a star above Times Square?

5. How do Mickey and Mr. Smedley each express their admiration for Chester?

6. Why does Mario head for Chinatown?

Read to find out if Chester likes Times Square.



Chapters 4, 5 (cont.)


1. How are Chester’s communications with Mario different from his communicationswith Harry and Tucker? Why do you think the author created this difference?

2. How would you react if Mario showed Chester to you?

Literary Device: Simile

What is being compared in the following simile:Above the cricket, towers that seemed like mountains of light roseup into the night sky.

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Why is this an apt comparison?

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Reality or Fantasy:

After you read each sentence decide whether it describes something that could really hap-pen or whether it is fantasy. Place an [R] before the sentence if it could actually happen,and an [F] if it is fantasy.

______ 1. When cats chase mice in the meadow, the mice usually get caught.

______ 2. The cricket made frantic signs so the mouse would look up and see the cat.

______ 3. The mouse asked the cricket to play for the cat.

______ 4. The cricket drew his top wing over the bottom one to produce a “thrumm.”

______ 5. The cat and mouse smiled at each other.

Writing Activity:

Imagine you are Tucker and write about taking Chester to a place in your community.Tell how you would get there and describe Chester’s reaction to this new place.



CHAPTER 6

Vocabulary: Word analogies are equations in which the first pair of words has the samerelationship as the second pair of words. For example: TALL is to SHORT as HOT is toCOLD. Both pairs of words are opposites. Choose the correct word to complete each of thefollowing analogies. Circle the letter of the answer you choose.

1. MUSEUM is to EXHIBITS as NOVELTY SHOP is to ____________________.

a. clerks b. shoppers c. knickknacks d. clothing

2. KILT is to SCOTLAND as ____________________ is to JAPAN.

a. radio b. slipper c. toga d. kimono

3. EFFECT is to RESULT as PERFUME is to ____________________.

a. drums b. cologne c. odor d. roses

4. TORNADO is to SWIRL as ____________________ is to SLIDE.

a. avalanche b. snowflake c. heap d. volcano

5. CRICKET is to INSECT as ____________________ is to TEMPLE.

a. priest b. hovel c. pagoda d. religion

Questions:

1. Why is Chester curious about the straw hat he sees on the subway?

2. Why does Sai Fong invite Mario into his shop in Chinatown?

3. Why does Mario want to go to Sai Fong’s shop?

4. How does Sai Fong’s story compare with Mr. Smedley’s story and his motive fortelling it?

5. Why is the cricket cage so inexpensive?


1. What do you think is the moral of the fable that the Chinese storekeeper told Marioabout the first cricket?

2. Why do you think Sai Fong is so generous to Mario?

Read to find out whether Mario is able to get a cricket cage for Chester.



Chapter 6 (cont.)

Literary Device: Simile

What is being compared in the following simile:His voice sounded as high and dry as a cricket’s chirping.

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Why is this an apt description of the Chinese storekeeper’s voice?

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Art Connection:

What kind of house would you make for Chester? Make a diorama, collage, or poster of ahouse for Chester.

Writing Activity:

Sai Fong’s story tells why people love crickets. Write an original, short tale that explainswhy many humans dislike mice. Create your own main character(s) and describe thecountry and time in which your story is set.



CHAPTERS 7, 8

Vocabulary: Use the words in the Word Box and the clues below to complete the crossword puzzle.

WORD BOXconcentrated gamboling luxury prowled soufflecrouched heave moan rumble stallexamined honorable mutter scrounge unsavoryfidget latch pathetic smuggled



Across3. comfort; wealth5. delay6. search; forage8. pitiful; sad0. lift with force2. deep rolling sound3. light, fluffy baked dish made with

eggs as the main ingredient5. looked at carefully6. mumble7. brought or took secretly

Down1. trustworthy2. sinister3. bar or hook to keep a gate closed4. paid close attention7. playing9. bent

11. hunted; stalked14. squirm16. groan

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Questions:

1. How is Tucker’s reaction to the pagoda different from Chester’s reaction?

2. Why does Harry say that Tucker looks like a mouse in a trap?

3. Why does Tucker line Chester’s cage with dollar bills?

4. Why doesn’t the leaf in Chester’s dream taste as good as usual?

5. How do Tucker’s solutions to the problem of admitting guilt for the lost money differfrom Chester’s?

6. Why does Mama Bellini keep dropping stitches?

7. Why does Mario take a part time job delivering groceries?

8. Why does Mama Bellini release Chester from his cage?


1. Have you ever sleepwalked or found out later that a sound or touch in a dream wassomething real?

2. Do you think it is fair to make Mario replace the money?

Activity: Find the Sequence

The order of actions in a story is the sequence. Put the following events in the order inwhich they happened in the story.

______ During the night Chester sleepwalks, and goes to the register the Bellinis leave open.

______ Chester is happy to sleep in his usual bed, the matchbox.

______ While dreaming that he is at home eating leaves, Chester eats half of a two-dollar bill.

______ Tucker wants to use paper money in the pagoda for sheets.

Read to find out why Mama Bellini locks Chester in his cage.




Activity: Problem Solving

Think of one more action Chester could have taken after he ate the bill and list it asnumber 7 in the grid below. Then fill in the grid by rating each choice 1, 2, or 3. Number1 has been done for you.

Math Connection:

Work with a cooperative learning group to solve this problem. The cat and mouse made astack of coins to replace the lost $2.00 bill. If a half dollar was at the bottom, and a dimewas at the top of the stack, find as many combinations of quarters, nickels, and dimes aspossible to complete the stack. Each stack must have at least one coin of each denomination.

Writing Activity:

Pretend that you are Mario. Write a journal entry in which you tell how you think themoney appeared in Chester’s cage.



1 = no Is this fair Am I accepting Will this keep Might someone2 = maybe to the my responsibility? me out of trouble? else get hurt?3 = yes Bellinis?

1. run far 1 1 2 3away

2. live indrainpipe

3. try to tapebill and passit off as $1.00

4. eat therest of it

5. “frame”someone else

6. “take the rap”

7.

CHAPTER 9


1. solemn a. bluish, sweet-smelling flower2. lavender b. containing plants3. dab c. small bit4. kumquats d. surprised and disappointed5. dismayed e. serious6. wisps f. small citrus fruits7. deduction g. thin tufts; small masses8. botanical h. putting clues together to reach a conclusion

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1. Some restaurants serve candied _______________________ for dessert.

2. Although her face wore a very _______________________ expression, she was laughinginside.

3. If you like plants, you should visit a _______________________ garden.

4. Because he was on a diet, he put only a _______________________ of butter on hisbread.

5. While she played at recess, _______________________ of hair escaped from her ponytail.

6. We chose the _______________________ soap because of its color and lovely scent.

7. By a process of _______________________, the detective found the criminal.

8. I was _______________________ to learn that our scheduled flight had been canceled.

Questions:

1. Why does Mario return to see Sai Fong?

2. What customs and foods does Sai Fong introduce to Mario?

3. How does Mario find out about a cricket’s diet?

4. Why doesn’t Chester eat the mulberry leaf that is offered to him?

5. Why does Chester sing?

6. Why are the Chinese gentleman’s eyes moist?

Read to find out what crickets like to eat.



Chapter 9 (cont.)


1. How does Mario feel when he leaves? How would you feel?

2. Do you think Mario will visit Sai Fong again?

Art Connection:

Reread the description of the room where Sai Fong and his friend are eating. Draw a picture, construct a diorama, make a collage, or paint a mural of the room.

Literary Device: Point of View

Point of view in a novel refers to the person telling the story. It could be the author or oneof the characters telling the story. From whose point of view is this story told?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of this point of view?

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Writing Activity: Point of View

Suppose that Chester were telling the story. Rewrite part of this chapter from his point ofview.



CHAPTER 10

Vocabulary: Draw a line from each musical term on the left to its meaning on the right.Then write “yes” or “no” to answer each of the questions below.

a. someone who plays background music for a moreimportant performer

b. melody for solo voicec. of the lowest pitch or ranged. lowest female voice parte. percussion instrument made of two small pieces

of wood clicked together in the handf. highest singing voice in womeng. highest natural adult male voice

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1. Can a tenor sing the role of Lucia in an opera?

__________________________

2. Would an accompanist limber up her fingers before a concert?

__________________________

3. Is an aria a song played on a violin?

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4. Would the highest notes be sung by a soprano voice?

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5. Would the highest notes be sung by a bass voice?

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6. Is a contralto voice lower than a soprano?

__________________________

7. Might a dancer play the castanets while performing a Spanish dance?

__________________________

Read to find out what happens at the animals’ party.



1. bass

2. accompanist

3. aria

4. tenor

5. soprano

6. contralto

7. castanets

Chapter 10 (cont.)

Questions:

1. Why are the three animals—Chester, Tucker, and Harry—having a party?

2. Why do the animals decide to have their party in the newsstand?

3. What preparations do the three animals make for the party?

4. Why is Chester able to play so well on the night of the party?

5. How does the fire start?

6. How do each of the animals react to the fire?

7. Which human is first to help put out the fire?


1. How do you think you would have reacted to the fire?

2. What do you think Mama Bellini will do when she finds out what has happened?

Activity: Find the Sequence

Read the sentences below and then number them to indicate the order in which they happened. Then suggest a different order of events and explain how the change wouldaffect the rest of the story._____ Chester sets off the alarm clock._____ Tucker falls into the matches._____ Paul smells smoke._____ The animals run to safety._____ Harry suggests they need music._____ One match falls into the papers.

Music Connection:

Find a recording of the Blue Danube Waltz, the music that Chester heard on the radio.Play the recording of the music or play it on an instrument for your class.

Writing Activity:

Suppose a newspaper reporter were assigned to write an article about the party and thefire. Write an article that might appear in the newspaper. Be sure to include the impor-tant Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of a good newspaper article.



CHAPTER 11

Vocabulary: Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Draw a line from each wordin column A to its antonym in column B. Use the words in column A to fill in the blanksin the sentences below.

A B

1. melancholy a. praises2. reproaches b. rebelliously3. meekly c. increased4. salvage d. charm5. dwindled e. joyous6. jinx f. destroy

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1. Do you believe it is a _______________________ to have a black cat cross your path?

2. I only behave _______________________ in the company of those who are stronger than I.

3. I know I will become _______________________ when my best friend moves away.

4. The flame _______________________ as the fire burned itself out.

5. My mother _______________________ herself for working such late hours which keepsher away from the family too long.

6. If you can chip away the old paint, you may _______________________ a perfectly goodtable.

Questions:

1. Why does Chester return to the newsstand after the fire is put out?2. Why does Mama conclude that Chester must go?3. Why does Chester start to feel guilty?4. Why does Mama change her mind and let Chester stay at the newsstand?


1. Do you think music can really have a strong effect on people’s feelings, as it did withMama?

2. Do you think Mama will change her mind again and want Chester to leave?

Read to find out whether Mama punishes Chester.



Chapter 11 (cont.)

Literary Device: Cliffhanger

In literature a cliffhanger is a device borrowed from silent serialized films in which anauthor ends a chapter with suspense or a moment of excitement. What is the cliffhangerat the end of Chapter Eleven?

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Science Connection:

When Chester says that he wishes he had never come to New York, Tucker feels terrible.He says that he is only a mouse, not a rat. Do some research on mice and rats and com-pare them on a Venn diagram, such as the one below. Write about their similarities in theoverlapping part of the circles.

rats mice

Music Connection:

Listen to recordings of “Come Back to Sorrento” and the Grand March from Aïda. Thismusic was soothing to Mama Bellini. What music do you like to hear when you are upset?

Writing Activity:

Write about a time when you or someone you know revealed a hidden part of his or herpersonality, as Mama did when she heard Chester’s music. Describe the surprising newcharacter revelation and tell what brought about the apparent change.



CHAPTER 12

Vocabulary: In each group of words below, underline the one word that does not belong.On the lines below, tell why the word does not belong.

1. cricket rodent mosquito ant

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2. concerto aria ballad hymn

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3. bitterness sourness volume sweetness

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4. sublime boring dull uninteresting

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5. certainly undoubtedly perchance surely

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6. unknown nameless illustrious anonymous

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Questions:

1. Why does Tucker want Chester to learn more music?2. How does Chester receive a musical education?3. Why is Mr. Smedley, the music teacher, so impressed with Chester’s music?4. How does Mr. Smedley help make Chester a celebrity?

Read to find out how Chester becomes a celebrity.



Chapter 12 (cont.)


1. If you had a cricket such as Chester, what music would you want him to play?

2. Do you think Mr. Smedley has any selfish motives in promoting Chester’s talent?

3. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity.

Literary Element: Conflict

A conflict in literature refers to the problems characters face. It could be a conflict betweencharacters, a conflict one character faces against a natural force, or one character’s innerconflict. In the chart below, write an example of each kind of conflict you have found inthe story so far.

Conflict Example

character vs. person

character vs. nature

character vs. self

Writing Activity: Conflict

Write about the ways Chester’s singing career might lead to each kind of conflict men-tioned in the chart above.



CHAPTER 13


a. stunned; astounded

b. one who studies insects

c. bent a part of the body; tightened by contraction

d. short interval between parts of a performance

e. musical entertainment usually given by oneentertainer

f. one who travels regularly over some distance

g. once more (used by an audience calling for anadditional number or piece)

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1. The little girl who loved to observe ants knew she would be a(n) ____________________when she grew up.

2. After five minutes of applause, the violinist consented to play a(n) ____________________.

3. _______________________ by the flashbulbs and the reporters’ questions, the witnesswas led out of the courtroom.

4. As a(n) _______________________ for all of his working life, my uncle complained thathe spent much of his time sitting on a train.

5. I hope the _______________________ between the second and third acts is long enoughfor me to have a cold drink.

6. The young pianist received such good reviews after her first _______________________that she became famous immediately.

7. The life guard _______________________ his muscles to impress anyone on the beachwho might be watching.

Read to find out why people flock to the Bellini’s newsstand.



1. commuter

2. flexed

3. encore

4. recital

5. entomologist

6. intermission

7. dazed

Chapter 13 (cont.)

Questions:

1. How does the editor react to Mr. Smedley’s letter? Why does he print it?

2. Why does a crowd gather at the newsstand?

3. How does Mama use Chester’s fame to make money?

4. Why isn’t Chester happy with his fame?

5. What events connected with the bell and the newspaper make Chester sad?

6. How does Mario know that Chester is sad? What does this reveal about Mario?


1. Do the changing seasons affect you, causing you to feel happy or sad?

2. What do you think Chester is about to do?

Music Connection:

Listen to a recording of Mozarts’ Eine Kleinenacht Musik, the music referred to as “A Little Night Music” that Chester played. Does the music make you think of insects hopping around? Does it make you think of anything else?

Writing Activity:

Write about a time when you missed someone or something. Describe the setting or theperson that you missed and tell why it was significant to you. If possible, tell what trig-gered this longing for someone or something that was no longer a part of your life.



CHAPTERS 14, 15

Vocabulary: Use the context to determine the meaning of the underlined word in each ofthe following sentences. Circle the letter of the answer you choose.

1. The musicians played an Irish jig for the performers on the stage.

a. type of game b. music for a c. quiet tune d. songlively dance

2. He decided to quit at the summit of his career, while he was most successful.

a. bottom b. middle c. top d. end

3. The six performers nodded to show they were ready to play the sextet.

a. music for six b. music for an c. double bass d. operainstruments entire orchestra

4. He put the bills in the compartment next to the one where coins were kept.

a. house b. pile c. furnace d. section

5. Having reached the age of sixty-five and wanting to travel and paint, my fatherdecided to retire from the job that he had for twenty years.

a. promote a b. withdraw from c. receive help d. proceednew business business or

active life

Questions:

1. How do Tucker and Harry each react to Chester’s retirement plans?2. What does Chester play for his final piece? Why does he choose this piece?3. What miraculous change does Chester bring about in the city?4. How does Chester say good-bye to Mario?5. How does Mario know that Chester has left for good?6. How does Mario react to Chester’s departure?


1. Why do you think the music of a cricket can have such a great effect on life in thecity? What comment do you think the author is making about city life? What elsemight bring about these changes in people’s lives in the city?

2. Do you think the author is suggesting that Chester has a responsibility to stay withthe Bellini family, or does he want the reader to be sympathetic to his return home?

3. How do you think Mario, Mama, Papa, and even Tucker have each been changed byChester’s brief appearance in their lives?




Literary Devices:

I. Allusion—An allusion in literature is a reference to a familiar person, place, or event.Do some research to find out why the author alluded to Orpheus in the title ofChapter Fourteen.

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I. Simile—What is being compared in the following simile:

Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles ofsilence spread out from the newsstand.

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Why is this better than saying, “It became very quiet all around the newsstand”?

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Writing Activities:

1. Chester had mixed emotions as he departed from the newsstand. Write about a bittersweet experience of your own when you had mixed feelings of happiness andsadness.

2. Write about a time when you or someone you know lost a pet. Describe the pet, itsimportance to its owner, and the effect of the loss.



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CLOZE ACTIVITY

The following excerpt is taken from Chapter Thirteen. Read it through completely, andthen go back and fill in the blank spaces with words that makes sense in context andsound like good language. When you have finished, you may compare your language withthe author’s words.

So by Thursday Chester Cricket was the most famous musician in New York

City. But now here is a ________________1 thing: he wasn’t really happy—not the

_________________2 he used to be. Life didn’t seem _________________3 have the fun

and freedom it had _________________4 before.

For one thing, although he thought _________________5 glory was very

nice, Chester found that _________________6 made you tired. Two concerts a day,

_________________7 day, was an exhausting program. And he _________________8 used to

playing on a schedule. Back home _________________9 the meadow, if the sun felt nice,

_________________10 the moon was full, or if he _________________11 to have a musical

conversation with his _________________12 the lark, he would chirp because the

_________________13 was on him. But here he had _________________14 begin performing

at eight and four-thirty whether _________________15 felt like it or not. Of course

_________________16 was very glad to be helping the ________________,17 but a lot of

the joy was ________________18 from his playing.

And there was something _________________:19 Chester didn’t like being looked

at. It _________________20 so bad while he was playing. Everyone _________________21 quiet,

enjoying the music. But after the _________________22 was over, the human beings crowded

around _________________23 put their faces down close to the _________________24 and

poked their fingers through. Souvenir hunters _________________25 taken his paper cup

and even the ________________26 of mulberry leaves that were left over. ________________27

knew they didn’t mean any harm—but _________________28 couldn’t get used to the idea

that _________________29 of eyes were staring at him. It got so bad that when the concerts

were over, he took to crawling into the matchbox and pushing up a piece of Kleenex to

block the entrance.



POST-READING ACTIVITIES

1. Return to the Venn diagram on page eleven of this study guide in which you comparedChester and Tucker. Add any information you left out and compare your responseswith those of your classmates.

2. Art Connection: Imagine you are Chester and draw the Bellinis’ newsstand fromChester’s range of vision. Include details as they appear from his matchbox home.

3. Music Connection: In addition to songs he hears, Chester chirps out many originalpieces of music. Create and tape an original piece, using your own voice or items youfind in your home to imitate a cricket’s chirp.

4. Fluency Practice: Plan a radio play. Choose a section of the book that you thinkcontains high interest and dramatic appeal, such as the part where the animals setfire to the newsstand. Decide who will read the lines and how you will make soundeffects. Then rehearse and perform your radio play. If a tape recorder is available, youmay record it.

5. Write a letter that Mr. Smedley might send to The New York Times after Chester disappears.

6. Imagine that you are Tucker Mouse. Take inventory of all you have collected in yourdrainpipe after a holiday. Date your list and include at least three categories of items.

7. Imagine that you are Chester, and it is now late fall. Write a letter from Connecticutto Tucker and Harry in New York. Tell them about your trip home and anything elseyou think they would like to know.

8. Design a book jacket for The Cricket in Times Square. Include a picture for the front.On the back, write a short “blurb” that tells what the story is about. Add three or four“quotations” you make up in which reviewers tell why readers will enjoy the book.

9. Use index cards to create “game cards” with directions for games to play with a cricket.Each card should tell the name of the game, necessary materials, rules, and how thewinner is determined. Create cards for the games described in the book (hide-and-seek and leap frog) and devise at least two of your own.

0. Pretend you are a reporter who arrives at the subway station at an exciting point inthe book, such as during one of Chester’s concerts or following the newsstand fire.Write the interviews you have with characters and bystanders, including your ques-tions and their answers.



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1. Art Connection: Imagine that you are Tucker Mouse and you decide to make apaper collage with bits of colored tissue paper you have collected in your drainpipe.Tear the paper into dime-sized pieces and glue them to a piece of paper so that theycover the entire surface. You might want to do a portrait of one of your friends or apicture of something you noticed in the station.

2. Select some of the vocabulary words to which you were introduced in the book, suchas some of the musical terms or words describing Chinese food. Make up a word game(such as a word search, crossword puzzle, or acrostic) and reproduce it for the class.

3. Art Connection: Create a diorama from a shoebox or large cardboard roll. Recreatea location described in the story, such as the drainpipe or the pagoda house. Gluesmall objects and pictures to the cardboard, then stand it upright.

4. Art Connection: Imagine that Mario makes a mobile for his room by which toremember Chester. Make the mobile by attaching small objects from a coat hangerwith thread. Remember that Mario would probably use simple, cheap householdmaterials such as paper, foil, or styrofoam (from meat trays) to recreate the objectsthat remind him of Chester.

5. We only see the Bellinis at their newsstand. Create a short play showing themtogether at the dinner table at home. Use paper-bag masks and simple props. Haveeach character make comments that are “in character” with what you know abouthim or her.

6. Chester cannot talk to Mario about his leaving and Mario must deal with feelings ofsadness when the cricket disappears. Imagine that Mario writes a letter about hisloss to you, his best friend. You write back to him, telling about a time that youmissed a person or pet. What might both letters say?

7. Literature Circle: Have a literature circle discussion in which you tell your person-al reactions to The Cricket in Times Square. Here are some questions and sentencestarters to help your literature circle begin a discussion.• How are you like Mario? How are you different? • Did you find the characters in the novel realistic? Why or why not?• Which character did you like the most? The least?• Who else would like to read this novel? Why?• What questions would you like to ask the author about the novel?• It was not fair when . . .• I would have liked to see . . .• I didn’t understand . . .• I wonder . . .• Mario learned that . . .• Chester learned that . . .



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SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

Aiken, Joan. Arabel and Mortimer. Random House.* Atwater, Richard, and Florence Atwater. Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Little, Brown.

Averill, Esther. Captains of the City Streets, A Story of the Cat Club. HarperCollins.Bethancourt, T. Ernesto. Tune in Yesterday. Holiday House.

* Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Random House.* Butterworth, Oliver. The Enormous Egg. Random House.* Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle. HarperCollins.

______________. Ralph S. Mouse. HarperCollins.______________. Runaway Ralph. HarperCollins.Clymer, Eleanor. A Search for Two Bad Mice. Simon & Schuster.

* Cone, Molly. Mishmash. Houghton Mifflin.Cunningham, Julia. Macaroon. Random House.Greenwald, Sheila. The Mariah Delaney Lending Library Disaster. Houghton Mifflin.Hildick, E. W. Manhattan is Missing. Random House.

* Juster, Norman. The Phantom Tollbooth. Random House.* Naylor, Phyllis. Shiloh. Random House.* O’Brien, Robert. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Simon & Schuster.

Sharp, Margery. Miss Bianca. Random House.* Taylor, Theodore. The Trouble with Tuck. HarperCollins.* White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web. HarperCollins.* ___________. Stuart Little. HarperCollins.* Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit. HarperCollins.

Wiska, Barbara. Tunes for a Small Harmonica. HarperCollins.

Other Books by George SeldenChester Cricket’s New Home. Random House.Chester Cricket’s Pigeon Ride. Random House.The Genie of Sutton Place. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy. Random House.Irma and Jerry. HarperCollins.Oscar Lobster’s Fair Exchange. HarperCollins.Tucker’s Countryside. HarperCollins.

* NOVEL-TIES study guides are available for these titles.



ANSWER KEY

Chapter 1Vocabulary: 1. d 2. f 3. a 4. g 5. h 6. b 7. e 8. c; 1. niche 2. lurch 3. glimmering 4. subsided

5. grills 6. vanish 7. shuttle 8. abandonedQuestions: 1. Tucker enjoys living in an abandoned drainpipe because it is in the busy subway station at

Times Square. He enjoys watching people, especially the Bellinis, who run a newsstand. 2. Marioworks late into the night at his family’s newspaper stand because it is hoped that long hours willmake up for the lack of business. 3. Paul doesn’t wait for change because he is fond of the Bellinifamily and knows they need extra money. This reveals Paul’s kind and generous nature.

Chapter 2Vocabulary: 1. f 2. a 3. c 4. h 5. d 6. b 7. e 8. g; 1. scornfully 2. stout 3. anxiously 4. peculiar

5. refuse 6. intelligent 7. cautiously 8. faintlyQuestions: 1. The mysterious sound that Mario hears comes from a cricket, an insect that is more likely to

be found in the country. 2. Mario makes a home for the cricket by lining a matchbox with tissues.Answers to the second part of the question will vary. 3. Mama doesn’t want Mario to keep thecricket because she puts it into the same category of annoying, disease-bearing insects as cock-roaches. She also fears that she will become overrun with crickets. 4. Mama only accepts thecricket on the conditions that it remain at the newsstand, does not attract other crickets, anddoes not spread disease.

MathConnection: 1. 44° 2. 90° 3. Crickets chirp more when it is hot.

Chapter 3Vocabulary: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. f 5. e 6. c; 1. whisper 2. dart 3. peer 4. eavesdrop 5. munch 6. exploreQuestions: 1. When Tucker comes to the newsstand after closing hours to begin his nightly prowl, he hears

the sound of Chester the Cricket and introduces himself. 2. Chester got to New York by becom-ing stuck in the picnic basket of New Yorkers who were picnicking in Connecticut. He ate so muchfood in their picnic basket that he fell asleep and did not escape before the people left for NewYork. 3. Tucker interrupts the story when he realizes Chester likes liverwurst and generouslygoes to get him some. 4. Mario found Chester in the dirt because he jumped from the basket ontothe ground when people changed trains. 5. Chester chirps because he is nervous and knows heneeds help.

Chapters 4, 5Vocabulary: 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. aQuestions: 1. Tucker explains that cats and mice in the city are not enemies because they gave up those old

habits long ago. 2. Chester becomes happy because he enjoys the companionship of Harry andTucker. 3. Tucker and Harry want to take Chester to Times Square because they think he willenjoy the excitement in this part of the city and not want to return to Connecticut. 4. Chester isso overwhelmed by all the turmoil of Times Square that the familiar sight of a star comforts him.5. Mickey shows his admiration by making Chester a soda; Mr. Smedley praises his talent. 6. Mario heads for Chinatown because he knows that is where he will find cricket cages for sale.

Reality orFantasy: 1. R 2. F 3. F 4. R 5. F

Chapter 6Vocabulary: 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. cQuestions: 1. Chester wonders whether the straw hat is edible; it reminds him of fields he has known and

flowers and plants he has eaten. 2. Sai Fong invites Mario into his shop because he is excited tolearn that Mario has a cricket, an insect that is revered in Chinese culture. 3. Mario wants to geta cricket cage for Chester and this is the only shop open on Sunday in Chinatown. 4. Sai Fongtells how a good man who spoke truth was changed into a cricket by the gods so wicked menwould not murder him. People would continue to love the cricket and gods could continue tounderstand his song of truth. Smedley told of Orpheus, whose beautiful music charmed every-one. Both storytellers want to praise Chester’s music. 5. The Chinese storekeeper charges only$.15 for the cricket cage because he knows that is all Mario can afford.



Chapters 7, 8Vocabulary: Across—3. luxury 5. stall 6. scrounge 8. pathetic 10. heave 12. rumble 13. souffle

15. examined 16. mutter 17. smuggled; Down—1. honorable 2. unsavory 3. latch 4. con-centrated 7. gamboling 9. crouched 11. prowled 14. fidget 16. moan

Questions: 1. Tucker relishes the sense of opulence of the pagoda. Chester likes the cage, but prefers the sim-pler matchbox bed to which he has grown accustomed. 2. Harry is lightly mocking Tucker’s loveof opulence by reminding the mouse that the exquisite pagoda is in fact a cage. 3. Tucker, whodecides to spend the night in Chester’s cage, uses dollar bills to create a mattress and a pillowinside. 4. The leaf doesn’t taste good because it is actually a two-dollar bill. 5. Tucker suggestsunethical solutions, such as trying to frame someone else. Chester, who shows himself to be themore responsible one, decides to stay and face the consequences. 6. Mama Bellini keeps droppingstitches because she is angry and upset about losing the money. 7. Mario takes a part time job toearn enough money to repay his parents for the money Chester ate: once he repaid them, thecricket could be released from the cage. 8. Mama Bellini releases Chester from his cage when shediscovers the two dollars in coins in his cage that Tucker had donated.

Chapter 9Vocabulary: 1. e 2. a 3. c 4. f 5. d 6. g 7. h 8. b; 1. kumquats 2. solemn 3. botanical 4. dab 5. wisps

6. lavender 7. deduction 8. dismayedQuestions: 1. Mario returns to see Sai Fong because he wants to find out what to feed Chester. 2. Sai Fong

introduces Mario to the customs of bowing hello and wearing a jacket to dinner. He introducesMario to foods such as kumquats and the practice of using chopsticks. 3. Mario learns about acricket’s diet when he hears the story Sai Fong’s friend reads in which crickets eat mulberryleaves. 4. Chester doesn’t eat the mulberry leaf because he has already filled up on Chinese food.5. Chester sings because he is content. 6. The Chinese gentleman weeps from happiness when hehears the song of a cricket.

Chapter 10Vocabulary: 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. g 5. f 6. d 7. e; 1. no 2. yes 3. no 4. yes 5. no 6. yes 7. yesQuestions: 1. The three animals are having a party to commemorate Chester’s arrival in New York two

months ago. 2. The animals decide to have their party in the newsstand because it is spacious, itis sheltered, and the radio will provide music. 3. Chester straightens up, dusts, and polishes.Tucker gathers food and drinks. Harry helps Chester put out food for a buffet. 4. Chester playsvery well the night of the party because it is midsummer, the time when crickets sing the most.5. Tucker starts dancing, knocking some matches into a pile of papers, where they ignite. 6. Whenfire breaks out, Tucker is concerned about himself; Chester, then Harry, thinks about putting outthe fire; and then Chester sets off the alarm clock. 7. Paul, the conductor, is the first human tohelp put out the fire.

Chapter 11Vocabulary: 1. e 2. a 3. b 4. f 5. c 6. d; 1. jinx 2. meekly 3. melancholy 4. dwindled 5. reproaches

6. salvageQuestions: 1. Chester returns to the newsstand so the Bellinis won’t think he set the fire and was such a

coward that he ran away. 2. Since Chester is responsible for the fire and since he consumedmoney, Mama concludes he must leave. She is sure he is a jinx. 3. Chester starts to feel guiltybecause he invited his friends to the newsstand. If his friends hadn’t been having a party, the firewould not have happened. 4. Mama lets Chester stay when she hears him chirp one of herfavorite Italian songs.

Chapter 12Vocabulary: 1. rodent–The other words refer to insects. 2. concerto–The other words refer to music for voices.

3. volume–The other words refer to tastes. 4. sublime–The other words refer to unpleasant feel-ings of boredom. 5. perchance–The other words have to do with certainty. 6. illustrious–Theother words refer to the quality of being unknown.

Questions: 1.Tucker wants Chester to learn more music because he thinks people will pay to hear musicwritten by people rather than listening to his own compositions. 2. Since Chester has a remark-able musical ear, he receives his musical education by listening to the radio. 3. Mr. Smedley isimpressed with Chester’s perfect pitch, his phrasing, and the emotional quality of his playing. 4. Mr. Smedley writes a letter about Chester’s talent to the music editor of The New York Times.When it is published, crowds come to hear Chester.



Chapter 13Vocabulary: 1. f 2. c 3. g 4. e 5. b 6. d 7. a; 1. entomologist 2. encore 3. dazed 4. commuter 5. inter-

mission 6. recital 7. flexedQuestions: 1. The editor is surprised to receive a letter about a cricket, but he prints it because he believes

in freedom of the press. 2. People who have read Mr. Smedley’s letter to The New York Timesgather at the newsstand to hear the marvelous cricket. Others gather because they are attractedby the crowd that is already there. 3. Mama takes advantage of the presence of the crowd whohave gathered to hear Chester to sell the newspaper that contains the letter. She also encouragespeople to buy the music magazine. 4. Chester is unhappy because music has become a chore. Hewould like less attention. 5. Chester becomes sad when a souvenir hunter tries to steal the bell,the date on the newspaper reveals that fall is approaching, and he misses home. 6. Mario real-izes that Chester is sad when he notices that Chester hides after concerts. This reveals thatMario is sensitive and empathetic.

Chapters 14, 15Vocabulary: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. bQuestions: 1. When Chester announces his retirement plans, Harry is understanding, while Tucker cannot

understand at first how Chester can think of giving up fame and glory. 2. For his last song,Chester plays the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor because the Bellini family loves it. 3. Chester’s playing brings his part of the city to a halt; many people gather silently, traffic stops,and no one seems to mind. 4. As Mario sleeps, Chester jumps into his palm and lightly chirps. 5. Mario knows that Chester has left for good when he sees that the bell is gone. 6. Mario is sad-dened by Chester’s departure, but understands his need for freedom.



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Ira Sleeps Over .........................L0696The Last Puppy .........................L0736The Legend of the Bluebonnet ..L2929Leo the Late Bloomer ................L0690The Little Island ........................L0715Lyle, Lyle Crocodile ...................L1536Madeline ...................................L0505Madeline’s Rescue ....................L0662Make Way For Ducklings ..........L0380May I Bring a Friend? ...............L0382Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ...............L0774Millions of Cats .........................L0691 Miss Nelson is Missing .............L0707Miss Rumphius .........................L0932

Ox-Cart Man ..............................L0646Pinkerton, Behave! ....................L2130Roxaboxen ................................L1187The Snowy Day .........................L0658Stevie ........................................L1360Stone Soup (Brown) .................L0412The Story of Ferdinand .............L0414Strega Nona ..............................L1647Sylvester/Magic Pebble .............L0653Timothy Goes to School ...........L1225Umbrella ...................................L1368Where the Wild Things Are .......L0422Whistle For Willie ......................L0801Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears .......................L0423

GRADE 1Arthur’s Camp-Out ....................S2543A Bargain for Frances .................S0321Biscuit .........................................S0290 Buzby ..........................................S0157 The Case of/Hungry Stranger ......S1211 Danny and the Dinosaur .............S0347Forest ..........................................S0272 Frog and Toad All Year ...............S3409Frog and Toad Are Friends ..........S0363 Frog and Toad Together ..............S0364 George and Martha .....................S1451The Grandma Mix-up ..................S1826 Grandmas at Bat .........................S2716Grandmas at the Lake .................S1830The Great Snake Escape .............S0943Here Comes the Strikeout ...........S1704 Kick, Pass, and Run ....................S2730The Lighthouse Children .............S2731Little Bear ....................................S0162 Little Bear’s Friend ......................S1389 Little Bear’s Visit .........................S0504Little Runner of the Longhouse ..S1318Mouse Tales ................................S0121Mrs. Brice’s Mice ........................S2073Newt ............................................S2930Oliver ..........................................S3760Sammy the Seal ..........................S3284The Smallest Cow in the World...S0101 Tales of Oliver Pig ......................S2544 Uncle Foster’s Hat Tree ...............S3115Wagon Wheels ............................S1321GRADE 2Anna, Grandpa and /Big Storm ....S2545Annie and the Old One ................S0758 Balto: The Bravest Dog Ever .......S3744A Bear for Miguel ........................S2931The Beast/Ms. Rooney’s Room ...S0475The Big Balloon Race ..................S1322 Blackberries in the Dark ..............S0148 The Boston Coffee Party .............S1302The Boy with the Helium Head ....S3384Buffalo Bill and/Pony Express .....S2732Busybody Nora ...........................S0018 Cam Jansen /Dinosaur Bones .....S0130 Cam Jansen /Gold Coins .............S0462 Chang’s Paper Pony ....................S2358 Daniel’s Duck ..............................S1312Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House) ..............S1754The Drinking Gourd ....................S1323 Emma’s Magic Winter .................S0681Flat Stanley .................................S2733Freckle Juice ...............................S0361 Henry and Mudge .......................S0408 Hill of Fire ...................................S1324Hour of the Olympics ..................S3348 In the Dinosaur’s Paw (Polk Street) ...........................S0256The Jamie and Angus Stories .....S3794 The Josefina Story Quilt ..............S1317Juan Bobo ...................................S2546

Julian’s Glorious Summer ..........S0549Junie B., First Grader (at last!) ...S3612Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus .............................S1753Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie ..S3260 Kidnapped at Birth? (Marvin Redpost) ...................S3313The Knight at Dawn (Magic Tree House) ................S1943Little Soup’s Hayride ...................S1402Molly’s Pilgrim ............................S1375Monster/3rd Dresser Drawer ......S0558Mummies in the Morning ...........S2560 (Magic Tree House)Nate the Great .............................S0602Nate the Great /Missing Key .......S0267 Nate the Great /Musical Note ......S1403 Next Spring an Oriole ..................S1060 The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo......................S0994 The Outside Dog .........................S2547 Rip-Roaring Russell ....................S0920 Russell Sprouts ..........................S0921Sam the Minuteman ....................S1308 Seven Kisses in a Row ................S0528 Snowshoe Thompson .................S2273Song Lee in Room 4B .................S1839The Stories Huey Tells ................S3116The Stories Julian Tells ...............S0765 Thunder at Gettysburg ................S0420 Tornado ......................................S2734Tye May and the Magic Brush ....S0158Who Cloned the President? (Capitol Mysteries) .................S3568GRADE 326 Fairmount Avenue ..................S3613Adventures/Ali Baba Bernstein ....S0918Aldo Applesauce .........................S0917Amber Brown Goes Fourth .........S1009Amber Brown is Not a Crayon ....S2729Be a Perfect Person /Three Days .S0515Ben and Me .................................S1061The Boxcar Children ....................S0378The Chalk Box Kid .......................S0988The Chocolate Touch ..................S0532Class Clown ................................S0919The Courage of Sarah Noble .......S0833Donovan’s Word Jar ...................S3117Ellen Tebbits ...............................S0146 Felita ...........................................S1062Front Porch Stories .....................S2548A Gift for Mama ..........................S0539Go Fish ........................................S3306A Grain of Rice ............................S2361Helen Keller .................................S0040Herbie Jones ...............................S2735How to Eat Fried Worms .............S0374The Hundred Dresses .................S0991The Hundred Penny Box .............S0760The Indian School .......................S2932J.T. ..............................................S0052Jake Drake, Bully Buster .............S1139

Judy Moody Saves/World ...........S0309Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World...........................S3138The Littles ...................................S0553Maurice’s Room ..........................S1063 Mishmash ...................................S3745The Most Beautiful Place/World ..S0299The Mouse and the Motorcycle ..S0181A Mouse Called Wolf ..................S0135Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle .....................S0298Muggie Maggie ...........................S0127My Father’s Dragon ....................S0202My Name is Maria Isabel ............S2140The Night Crossing .....................S3118O’Diddy .......................................S1064Ralph S. Mouse ..........................S2616Ramona Forever ..........................S0186Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ..............S1158Ramona the Brave ......................S0565Ramona’s World .........................S0886The Secret Soldier ......................S0279The Shoeshine Girl ......................S0993Shortstop From Tokyo ................S0938Sidewalk Story ............................S2549Silver ...........................................S1075The Skirt .....................................S0140Surprise Island (Boxcar Children) ...................S2000A Taste of Blackberries ...............S0201There’s an Owl in the Shower .....S3144The Trouble with Tuck ................S1404The Year of the Panda ................S2171GRADE 4All-of-a-Kind Family ....................S0005Almost Starring Skinnybones .....S2161Anastasia Krupnik .......................S0985Arthur, for the Very First Time ....S0522Baby ............................................S2680The Ballad of Lucy Whipple ........S0250Because of Winn-Dixie ................S0959Best Christmas Pageant Ever ......S2624The BFG ......................................S1393The Big Wave ..............................S0123Bunnicula ....................................S1065By the Great Horn Spoon ............S2550Caleb’s Story ...............................S1761Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ...................S0132Charlotte’s Web ..........................S0023Chocolate Fever ..........................S2337The Cricket in Times Square .......S0229Dear Mr. Henshaw ......................S0141Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective .......................S0449The Enormous Egg .....................S0147The Family Under the Bridge ......S1081Fantastic Mr. Fox ........................S0033Finding Buck McHenry ................S2642The Friendship ............................S1613Frindle .........................................S3119Fudge-A-Mania ............................S1477The Gold Cadillac ........................S1672

The Great Brain ...........................S0037Henry Huggins ............................S0160House with/Clock in its Walls .....S1405Iggie’s House ..............................S0163The Indian in the Cupboard ........S0992James and the Giant Peach ........S0170The Janitor’s Boy ........................S3761Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, & Me, Elizabeth .....S0258Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key ....S0908Journey to Jo’burg ......................S1066The Kid in the Red Jacket ...........S2227The Landry News ........................S1021The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe................................S0060A Lion to Guard Us .....................S0835Little House in the Big Woods ....S0467Little House on the Prairie ..........S0263A Long Way From Chicago .........S2379Loser ...........................................S3642Lunch Money ..............................S3801Maggie Marmelstein for President ..................................S006The Midnight Fox ........................S0155The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane ........................S3799 Mississippi Bridge ......................S2736Misty of Chincoteague ................S0068Mr. Popper’s Penguins ...............S0560 My Brother Stevie .......................S0122Nightjohn ....................................S2675Nory Ryan’s Song .......................S3643Our Only May Amelia ..................S2720The Penderwicks .........................S3795 Pippi Longstocking .....................S0563Poppy ..........................................S2603Robin Hood/Sherwood Forest .....S1233Sadako/Thousand Paper Cranes .S0091Sarah, Plain and Tall ...................S0401Search for Delicious ....................S0277Shiloh ..........................................S1372Shiloh Season .............................S3120Skinnybones ...............................S0939Skylark .......................................S2551Socks ..........................................S0100Soup ...........................................S0406Stone Fox ....................................S0569Strider .........................................S2453Stuart Little .................................S2737Superfudge .................................S0416The Tale of Despereaux ..............S3640Tales/Fourth-Grade Nothing ........S1067There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom ......................S3614The Tiger Rising ..........................S3764 Trouble River ..............................S0205Trumpet of the Swan ..................S0755The Velveteen Rabbit ..................S0288The Witch of Fourth Street ..........S0117Yang the Youngest/ Terrible Ear .S0242A Year Down Yonder ..................S3615

GRADE 5Adam of the Road .......................S1248Al Capone Does My Shirts ..........S3762Among the Hidden ......................S1127Among the Imposters .................S3661 Amos Fortune, Free Man .............S2501Babe the Gallant Pig ....................S2206The Bad Beginning ......................S3522Baseball Fever .............................S0365Bloomability ................................S0979 The Borrowers ............................S0519Boy in the Striped Pajamas .........S3802Bridge to Terabithia ....................S0017Bud, Not Buddy ...........................S3309Burning Questions/Bingo Brown .S1406The Cabin Faced West ................S0986Caddie Woodlawn .......................S0019Call It Courage ..............................S18ACastle in the Attic ........................S1249The Cat Ate My Gymsuit .............S0020The Cay .......................................S0022Charley Skedaddle ......................S1159Crash ..........................................S3001 Crispin: The Cross of Lead .........S3619Daniel’s Story ..............................S2514Danny/Champion of the World ....S0139Daphne’s Book ............................S0962Dectectives in Togas ...................S1242Dragonwings ...............................S0234 Edgar Allan ..................................S0031Elijah of Buxton ...........................S3807Ella Enchanted ............................S3121Esperanza Rising ........................S3616Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff .S1089Fever 1793 ..................................S3746The Fighting Ground ...................S0355Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule ...S3492Freaky Friday ...............................S0034Freedom Crossing .......................S1162From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.Frankweiler ................S0243A Gathering of Days ....................S0629George Washington’s Socks .......S3618The Girl Who Owned a City .........S0036Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! .....S3800 The Great Gilly Hopkins ..............S0039The Gypsy Game .........................S0860Harriet the Spy ............................S0276Harry Potter/Chamber of Secrets .S2696Harry Potter/Sorcerer’s Stone .....S0346The Higher Power of Lucky ........S3763 Homeless Bird ............................S1013 Ida Early Comes Over/Mountain .S1082In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson ......................S0434The Incredible Journey ...............S0048Island of the Blue Dolphins .........S0050Jacob Two-Two/Hooded Fang ...S0752 A Jar of Dreams ..........................S1625Jip:His Story ...............................S3156Journey to America .....................S1103Julie ............................................S1513Julie of the Wolves .....................S0053The Land I Lost ...........................S0261Letters from Rifka .......................S2066Lily’s Crossing ............................S0508Lizzie Bright/Buckminster Boy ....S3758 Luke Was There ..........................S0927The Maldonado Miracle .............S1350Matilda ........................................S0375Missing ‘Gator/Gumbo Limbo .....S2303 Missing May ...............................S0327My Louisiana Sky ........................S1007My Side of the Mountain ............S0070Olive’s Ocean ..............................S3556 On My Honor ..............................S0997The Perilous Road ......................S1160The Phantom Tollbooth ..............S0184Philip Hall likes me ....................S1408Pictures of Hollis Woods ............S3747

The Pinballs ................................S0084Prairie Songs ..............................S0846Queenie Peavy ............................S1474Return of the Indian ....................S2204Seedfolks ....................................S3310Shades of Gray ...........................S0339Sign of the Beaver ......................S0125The Silver Coach .........................S1068Sing Down the Moon ..................S0193Slake’s Limbo .............................S0098Summer of the Monkeys ............S1123Summer of the Swans ................S0103Surviving the Applewhites ..........S3748The Talking Earth ........................S0626The Thief Lord ............................S3645Three Cups of Tea .......................S3806 Timothy of the Cay ......................S2473Toliver’s Secret ...........................S0837Touching Spirit Bear ....................S3646True Confessions/Charlotte Doyle S0428Tuck Everlasting ..........................S0107The Twenty-one Balloons ............S0573The Upstairs Room .....................S2532War Comes to Willy Freeman .....S1899The War with Grandpa ................S0574Weasel ........................................S0524Welcome Home, Jellybean ..........S0112When Zachary Beaver Came to Town ...................................S2218The Whipping Boy ......................S0576Who Really Killed Cock Robin? ..S0934The Wish-Giver ...........................S0579GRADE 6Abel’s Island ...............................S2933 The Acorn People ........................S0001Alan and Naomi ..........................S0520Alice in Wonderland ...................S0218Anne of Green Gables .................S0521Artemis Fowl ...............................S3617Belle Prater’s Boy ........................S3122The Black Pearl ...........................S0013Blue Willow .................................S1499Brian’s Winter .............................S1411The Bronze Bow ..........................S2339Catherine, Called Birdy ...............S2552Chasing Redbird .........................S3123Chasing Vermeer ........................S3750City of Ember ..............................S3759 The Crossing ..............................S1348The Devil’s Arithmetic .................S1407Dogsong .....................................S0923The Door in the Wall ...................S0233Down a Dark Hall ........................S0144The Egypt Game ..........................S1399 The Endless Steppe ....................S1271A Family Apart ............................S0841Flush ...........................................S3797 Follow My Leader ........................S0989Freak the Mighty .........................S0419Gathering Blue ............................S3749Gentlehands ................................S0395The Graveyard Book ....................S3803 The Giver ....................................S0436The Goats ....................................S0562The Golden Goblet ......................S2148Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! .....S3800Hatchet ........................................S0990The High King .............................S0371Holes ...........................................S0838Homer Price ................................S0692Homesick ....................................S0253Hoot ............................................S2365The House of Dies Drear .............S1855Interstellar Pig ............................S0545Island on Bird Street ...................S2515Jacob Have I Loved ...................S0169Journey Home ...........................S1626Kira, Kira .....................................S2712Lyddie .........................................S0718

Maniac Magee .............................S1409The Master Puppeteer .................S0175M.C. Higgins, the Great ...............S0630The Midwife’s Apprentice ............S2738Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ..........................S0071Nothing But the Truth .................S0415Number the Stars ........................S1069Old Yeller ....................................S0077One-Eyed Cat ..............................S1070Out of the Dust ...........................S3124Park’s Quest ................................S1071Parrot in the Oven .......................S3158The Planet of Jr. Brown ..............S1094 The Pushcart War .......................S0086Rascal .........................................S0088Red Scarf Girl .............................S3275The River ....................................S2467Sarah Bishop ..............................S0191The Secret Garden ......................S0278Shadow of a Bull .........................S0634 A Single Shard ............................S1043The Slave Dancer ........................S0631Small Steps .................................S3805 Snow Treasure ............................S1072So Far From the Bamboo Grove .S0404Soldier’s Heart ............................S1161 The View from Saturday .............S2934Waiting For the Rain ...................S0425Walk Two Moons ........................S2553The Watsons Go to Birmingham .S2935The Westing Game ......................S0113When My Name Was Keoko .......S3796 The White Mountains ..................S0210The Wind in the Willows .............S0291The Witch of Blackbird Pond ......S0116Words By Heart ..........................S0963Wringer .......................................S0762 Year of Impossible Goodbyes .....S2170 Zlata’s Diary ................................S0424GRADES 7-8Across Five Aprils .......................S0984Adventures of Tom Sawyer .........S0003Animal Farm ................................S0007Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl ...............................S0008April Morning ..............................S0009Banner in the Sky ........................S1460Bless the Beasts and Children ....S0014 A Boat to Nowhere ......................S0015 The Call of the Wild ....................S0987Cheaper By the Dozen .................S0024Children of the River ...................S1624Chinese Cinderella ......................S3756 The Chocolate War ......................S0226A Christmas Carol .......................S3125Come Sing, Jimmy Jo .................S0343The Contender ............................S0510Criss Cross .................................S3399 The Dark is Rising ......................S0348A Day No Pigs Would Die ...........S0230Deathwatch .................................S0030 Dicey’s Song ...............................S0231 El Bronx Remembered ................S2190Farewell to Manzanar ..................S0150Forged BY Fire ............................S2868The Golden Compass ..................S3169 The Hobbit ..................................S0042Homecoming ..............................S0668Hoops .........................................S0372 The House on Mango Street .......S2188I Am the Cheese ..........................S0046I Heard the Owl Call My Name ....S0047Johnny Tremain ..........................S0051Killing Mr. Griffin ........................S0507A Lantern in Her Hand ................S0055Let the Circle Be Unbroken .........S1342The Light in the Forest ................S0058The Little Prince ..........................S0063

The Lottery Rose ........................S0066Milkweed .....................................S3757 The Miracle Worker ....................S0891Monster ......................................S1617 My Brother Sam is Dead .............S0069No Promises in the Wind ............S0387The Old Man and the Sea ............S0076Our Town ....................................S0893The Outsiders ..............................S0080The Pearl .....................................S0081The Pigman .................................S0083The Red Pony .............................S0089Redwall .......................................S2851Rifles for Watie ...........................S0637Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry .....S0124Romeo and Juliet ........................S0190Rumble Fish ................................S0090Scorpions ....................................S1618Shabanu ......................................S1280Sounder ......................................S0198Stargirl ........................................S3602Streams to/River, River to//Sea ..S0675Summer of My German Soldier ..S0102Tangerine ....................................S3311Tears of a Tiger ...........................S3766 That Was Then, This is Now .......S0966Treasure Island ...........................S0287Watership Down .........................S0111When the Legends Die ................S0209Where the Lilies Bloom ...............S0995Where the Red Fern Grows .........S0114A Wrinkle in Time .......................S0119The Yearling ................................S0120Z for Zachariah ............................S0582GRADES 9-121984............................................S0074Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ..S0002All Quiet on the Western Front ....S0006Angela’s Ashes ............................S3312 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing ...................S3804 The Bean Trees ...........................S3270 Beloved .......................................S3126Black Boy ....................................S0012The Book Thief ............................S3798 Catcher in the Rye ......................S0021The Crucible ................................S0894Death of a Salesman ...................S0029Fahrenheit 451 ............................S0032Flowers for Algernon ..................S0151Great Expectations ......................S0295The Great Gatsby ........................S0038Hamlet ........................................S0929I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ....................S3256The Joy Luck Club ......................S3127Julius Caesar ..............................S0502The Lilies of the Field ..................S1073Lord of the Flies ..........................S0065Macbeth ......................................S2682A Midsummer Night’s Dream .....S2684Murder on the Orient Express .....S0072My Ántonia ..................................S2554 Night ...........................................S0073Of Mice and Men ........................S0075One Flew Over/Cuckoo’s Nest .....S0183Ordinary People ..........................S0078Picture of Dorian Gray ................S0082Raisin in the Sun ........................S0087The Red Badge of Courage .........S0996 The Scarlet Letter ........................S0093A Separate Peace ........................S0096Shane ..........................................S0097Things Fall Apart .........................S0759To Kill a Mockingbird ..................S0106Twelfth Night ..............................S2687Up a Road Slowly .......................S0632The War Between the Classes .....S1074The Wave ....................................S0300

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