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Others New list National Reading Group MonthWhen You Reach Me National Reading Group Month: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

After a fight with her best friend, Miranda starts receiving mysterious letters from a person who can predict the future — and who warns Miranda that someone is going to die.

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Definition First Print Flashcards Vocabulary list: Things You Keep in a Box–Things That Stain Things You Wish For—Things That Crack Things Left Behind–The Second Proof Things in an Elevator—Parting Gifts

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

• Things You Keep in a Box–Things That Stain

  Jump to activity:
  • obstruct
  • scrawl
  • omen
  • fundamental
  • nasal
  • repulsive
  • scour
  • prosecutor
  • paralegal
  • nozzle
  • swivel
  • shorthand
  • hitch
  • salute

• Things You Wish For—Things That Crack

  Jump to activity:
  • nonexistent
  • linoleum
  • hexagon
  • prolong
  • warp
  • pending
  • pathetic
  • plaque
  • equivalent
  • oblivious
  • postscript
  • suede
  • spunky
  • epilepsy
  • plea

• Things Left Behind–The Second Proof

  Jump to activity:
  • seizure
  • billow
  • whirl
  • atom
  • triumphant
  • mystified
  • justification
  • swagger
  • dome
  • aside
  • racist
  • dingy
  • microscopic
  • portable

• Things in an Elevator—Parting Gifts

  Jump to activity:
  • deliberately
  • awning
  • origami
  • sheer
  • racket
  • supervise
  • splay
  • terse
  • brittle
  • rave
  • anesthesia
  • allegation
  • podium
  • amateur
  • mite

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