How does the author create tension in this
story?
abuela reveals that she once loved a
boy in her native cuba.
an unknown admirer leaves a love
letter each day for bella at her home.
bella likes mateo, a boy who smiled
at her once in the library.
bella plans to use her detecting
skills to solve the mystery of the
letters.

When i was four years old, my dad and i a tree in our front yard. it was a tiny, fragile sapling. he promised me that it would grow tall and strong, but he said that i had to be patient. until i turned 18 years old, dad and i it every year on my birthday. choose the words that correctly fill in the blanks.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

For the book you are reading, write a paragraph of five to six sentences summarizing what you have read so far. what are your predictions about the story? use proper spelling and grammar. i'm reading hiroshima. respond fast