The Case of the Smiling Shark


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There can be only three in the Freaky Joe Club Those are the rules, set down by Freaky Joe himself in the big red book, slightly chewed on one corner and wrapped in a locked bicycle chain. The newest chapter of the Freaky Joe club consists of Conor, Timmy, and Jack, and their mission is to solve crimes and fight evil in Ship's Cove, Texas -- if they can only convince anyone that there is evil in Ship's cove. In their latest case, the freaky Joe Club has to found out who wants to keep the Ship's Cove Octopi's from winning a charity swimathon. What happened to the Octopi's life-size cutout of Sam Houston? Who could have taken it except their archrivals the Sylvan Glen Sharks.? How can you compete against Sharks when you have a really stupid theme song? And most of all,... Who is Freaky Joe?




The Case of the Smiling Shark


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Beagle and his friends are helping their teacher, Ms. Olesky, clean up a local pond. As they work, the friends are bothered by an older boy with a scary, sharky smile. Then Wesley falls in the water and discovers a silver dollar. When an elderly neighbor helps Wesley get cleaned up, he learns she has just been robbed. The friends put two and two together and learn the boy with the smile of a shark did the deed. With a little help from Ms. Olesky, they return the stolen property and make everything right.Text Type: Realistic Fiction, MysteryTheme/Topic: Conflict and Challenge, Adventure




The Mystery of the Disappearing Dinosaurs


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The Freaky Joe Club investigates when someone tries to make sure that the Club does not win the Halloween costume contest.




The Mystery of the Morphing Hockey Stick


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Three young detectives try to figure out why the local team is suffering from bad luck when they compete in the Siege of the Alamo roller hockey championship.




The Mystery of the Swimming Gorilla


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When bicycles start disappearing all over Ship's Cove, Texas, the Freaky Joe Club has its first case.




The Case of the Loose-Toothed Shark (Jack Gets a Clue #4)


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Another funny mystery from bestselling author Nancy Krulik!When a giant shark tooth fossil went missing during my little sister Mia's birthday party at the aquarium, I found myself in really deep water -- the aquarium staff accused me of stealing it! No way would I steal something, even if it was a cool fossil. What I could do, though, was talk to the animals at the aquarium to find out who the real thief was. My brainiac detective partner Elizabeth and I would have to work fast to clear my name before the end of the day!




Popular Series Fiction for K–6 Readers


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Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.




The Case of the Singing Sea Dragons


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The members of the Freaky Joe Club find that things go wrong when their team known as the Sea Dragons tries to beat the Sharks in the Imagination Railroad contest.




The Case of the Smiling Shark


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Treetops is the Oxford Reading Tree series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged seven to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, this story, entitled The Case of the Smiling Shark, seeks to be accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from stage ten to stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including: flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations. Each stage is supported by the Teacher's Guide, which offers guidance on using Treetops to assess children's reading ability, and includes a variety of activities, many on photocopiable sheets




Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 13: TreeTops Stories: The Case of the Smiling Shark


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This book is part of TreeTops Fiction, a structured reading programme providing juniors with stories they will love to read. Offering chapter books with full-colour illustrations, written by well-known authors, these stories are full of humour and have real boy appeal. They are tightly levelled allowing children to read books appropriate to their ability. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes.