Common Core Literature Guide: Carnival of Death

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At last, a cure for the common core!New! Literature guide for teachers and librarians based on Common Core ELA Standards from classroom 6-9. Created by educators for educators. Ready for immediate classroom adoption. Suggested assignments, writing prompts, glossaries, extension activities and more!Education benefits:Reading comprehension and vocabulary developmentEngage readers with high-interest adventure talesFluency and pronunciation skills dramatically improvedLexile: 790, Guided Reading:GRLZStory: In the movie The Big Sleep, Bogart as Philip Marlowe follows a trail of decadence and murder on the dark side of L.A. But even that pales in comparison to the freak show found by undercover U.S. narcotics agent Bob Clark . . . in The Carnival of Death. Clark's investigation begins with cocaine and leads to two headless corpses. Who is behind the slaughter? There are plenty of distractionsbright lights and beautiful girlsbut Clark better find the murderers fast. Because the next head that rolls could be his own.