"Level D"

"Surprises offers you great reading. It also helps you master important reading and literature skills. There are 15 great stories in this book. Each one has a surprise ending. The stories will give you hours of reading fun. And you will enjoy the exercises that follow each story. The exercises are a great way to help you improve your skills:
Getting the meaning of the story
Reviewing story elements
Examining vocabulary words
Adding words to a passage
Thinking about the story." (To the Student)

TABLE OF CONTENTS :

To the Student

The Short Story - 10 Important Literary Terms

1. A Secret for Two
/ Quentin Reynolds

2. The Romance of a Busy Broker
/ O. Henry

3. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger
/ Saki

4. The Piping-Hot Pizza Mystery
/ Elizabeth VanSteenwyk

5. The Gift of the Magi
/ O. Henry

6. The Southpaw
/ Judith Viorst

7. His Father's Boots
/ Charles Land

8. The Angel
/ Carol Chapman

9. A White Heron
/ Sarah Orne Jewett

10. Pop's Boy
/ Irvin Ashkenazy

11. Ooka and the Stolen Smell
/ I. G. Edmonds

12. One Thousand Dollars O. Henry

13. Setup
/ Jack Ritchie

14. The Woodcutter's Child / Manuela Williams Crosno

15. Gold-Mounted Guns
/ F.R. Buckley

Acknowledgments

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