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 Backyard Beach

Backyard Beach

A Short Reader

Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 1 to 2
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   1.14

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    backyard, sandbox, think, basket, beach, castle, drive, great, hose, idea, line, mother, real, sand, towel, water

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Backyard Beach
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     "Do you think we could go to a beach this summer?" asked Hank.
 
2     "It would take two days to drive to a real beach," said Mom as she hung up clothes on the line. "What did you want to see at the beach?"
 
3     "I want to make a sand castle," said Hank. He pulled a small towel from the basket of wet things and handed it to his mother. It was going to be a long summer.

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