Section One

1 Noticing What Characters Do The Midnight Visitor by Robert Arthur page 14

The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor

2 Reader's Aids

A Chance at Stardom page 26 Page by Benjamin M. Ashcom, Morton A. Maimon, and William W. Reynolds

How to Follow Directions by Jerry A. Rainwater

3 Word Meanings, Facts, and Opinions page 36

The Spirit of Michael Naranjo page 40

by Mary Carroll Nelson

4 The Great Word-Meaning Mystery-Solve It page 46 Pressing a Record page 50

5 Airports, School Buses with Wings, and Other Things page 57

Once in Seventy-five Years by Dorothy Dumbrille Halley's Comet page 69 by Dan D'Amelio page 60

6 Two Important Parts of a Book King: Nobel Laureate page 76 by Coretta Scott King page 72

A Space-Shuttle Trip by Nancy L. Robison page 86

7 A Narrow Escape page 92 In Search of a Sandhill Crane by Keith Robertson

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