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    From Pizza to Pisa
    From Pizza to Pisa
    From Pizza to Pisa
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    From Pizza to Pisa

    By Alicia Klepeis

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    From Pizza to Pisa features 96 pages that are filled with a fun storyline, vocabulary, discussion questions, and more, to engage transitioning readers and strengthen their comprehension skills.

    Each World Adventure Chapter Book dives into a specific country, and readers tag along for the adventure as they encounter memorable monuments, places, culture, and history. As the story's characters venture throughout each country, they address topics such as family, friendship, and growing up, in a way that the reader can relate to.

    Great for independent or group reading, each book in the World Adventure Chapter Book series features 96 pages filled with complex sentences and chapters. With minimal illustrations, readers must rely on the descriptive text to understand the setting, the characters, and the plot of each book. Each book contains several detailed episodes, all centered on a single plot that will challenge the reader.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarson-Dellosa Publishing
    Release dateNov 30, 2018
    ISBN9781643697024
    From Pizza to Pisa
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    Alicia Klepeis

    Alicia Klepeis loves to research fun and out-of-the-ordinary topics that bring the world to young readers – from amazing animals to extreme environments. Alicia began her career at the National Geographic Society. She is the author of more than 170 children’s books, including Gutsy Girls Go For Science: Astronauts; Polar Bears & Penguins: A Pretty Cool Introduction to the Arctic and Antarctic; The Science And Technology Of Ben Franklin; and The World’s Strangest Foods. A former middle school teacher, Alicia loves doing school visits. She lives with her family in upstate New York.

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      From Pizza to Pisa - Alicia Klepeis

      A Mysterious Phone Call

      You’re up next, Ollie. Your category is Revolting. Disgusting. Repulsive. Hideous. Anara was setting up her younger brother Oliver for the next round of their favorite board game, Apples to Apples.

      Quite the appropriate category for a seven-year-old boy, don’t you think? quipped Anara’s twin, Samal. The three Nylund kids were spending the weekend at their dad’s place in Brooklyn. It was just before Thanksgiving break.

      Be quiet, you guys. Your categories should have been Mean and Grumpy. Oliver was learning to fight back against his sisters’ tag team threat.

      Good one, Ollie. You tell ‘em! Dad was impressed. Suddenly, the phone rang. Could you pick that up, Samal?

      Samal grabbed the phone. She was surprised to hear Mom’s voice on the other end. Normally when they spent the weekend at Dad’s, they heard nothing from Mom between Friday night drop-off and Sunday night pickup. Samal thought Mom sounded rather mysterious. Not like her usual self.

      Seeing the funny look on her sister’s face, Anara mouthed, Who is it?

      Sam pointed at the phone and mouthed back, Mom. With their furrowed brows, the 10-year-old identical twins really looked the same–both expression-wise and with their flushed cheeks and frizzy blonde hair.

      Ever since they got divorced three years ago, Mom and Dad were polite to each other. But they certainly didn’t just call up and chat for no reason. Dad took his cell phone onto the small back patio.

      Where’s Dad going? Ollie wanted to know. It’s freezing out there.

      I guess he doesn’t want us to eavesdrop. The walls are pretty thin here, Samal answered.

      About 20 minutes later, Dad came back inside with a grin on his face. The kids had been speculating about their parents’ conversation. Were they discussing progress reports from school? Plans for Christmas vacation? The girls were dying to know what was going on. Anara couldn’t keep quiet/ What’s up? Why did Mom call? We just got here last night.

      We’ll talk over dinner, Dad said. Don’t stress. Nothing bad is going on.

      Ollie insisted that they finish their game. But the girls were totally distracted, to the point where Ollie won five rounds in a row. Anara crowned him victor with an old plastic fruit wreath. Oliver beamed, though he looked ridiculous.

      For dinner, the Nylunds walked to their favorite pizzeria, Grimaldi’s, right under the Brooklyn Bridge. Samal thought the restaurant choice was strange since they usually only went there for special occasions.

      Once seated, the girls said they couldn’t wait any longer for the news. Dad pretended he couldn’t hear their request as he glanced at the menu. But Samal noticed that he had crinkly smile lines around his eyes so she knew he was listening.

      Finally, he spoke. Mom called because she was given a work assignment in Italy. The trip will be in February. If you go, you’d only miss about a week and a half of school. I know your grandma Vovó couldn’t make it in October when you guys went to Egypt, but she really wants to come on this trip. For the first part of the trip, Vovó will hang out with you while Mom is working. And I’ll come for the last 10 days or so. We can even celebrate Oliver’s birthday there!

      The twins and Ollie looked at each. A wide grin spread over each of their faces.

      Are you serious? You never take vacation time, Dad! Anara said. It was rare for Dad to take time off from his job as a doctor. They hadn’t gone on a vacation with him since the divorce.

      Something else was perplexing Samal. Does this mean that you and Mom are getting back together?

      "No, honey. But Mom and I are still friends. Neither of us wants to pass up this opportunity to travel with you guys. Plus, it’s rather unusual that I don’t have any surgeries scheduled yet

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