The Thirteenth Stop: read-along
The Thirteenth Stop as a read-along for the projector: 13 pages, 1630 words, level 13, grade 8.
Page 1 of 13
By the last week of February, Zoya Petrenko had gone thirty-one days without seeing the sun, and she had stopped being polite about it. Cleveland lay beneath the same gray lid it had worn since New Year's, the snow along the curbs had turned the color of old dishwater, and every morning her brother Danyl asked whether it was spring yet, in a voice so patient that she wanted to lie down in a drift and be done. They were riding the Route 13 bus home from their grandmother's, Danyl in his mismatched mittens, Zoya with her phone at eleven percent and her hood drawn up like a curtain, and she was counting the stops, because in this weather counting was the only entertainment available. The bus stopped twelve times, and then, to her considerable astonishment, it stopped again.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 13, Grade 8
- 13 pages, 1630 words, about 12 minutes aloud
- A story, gentle
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About The Thirteenth Stop
In the longest February Zoya Petrenko has ever lived, the Route 13 bus in Cleveland makes a stop that is not on any map and drops her and her little brother into the old tales of winter. A talking stove, a depot that walks on chicken legs and a river that takes riddles for a toll stand between Zoya and the stolen spring.
Words to preview
- toll (TOLE)
- road fee
- depot (DEE-poh)
- bus yard
- thaw
- melting warmth
- immense (ih-MENSS)
- huge
- dreadful (DRED-ful)
- terrible
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does The Thirteenth Stop take to read aloud?
It has 13 pages and 1630 words, so about 12 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is The Thirteenth Stop?
Level 13, Grade 8. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 13 sits at grade 8. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
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Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library. It is not copied from a published book.
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