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32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Into thin air -- Ghostly stories -- Ghosts of the roads -- Seeking ghostly answers -- To hitchhike or not to hitchhike?
Vanishing Hitchhiker in the Urban Legends: Don't Read Alone! series explores the creepy story of the vanishing hitchhiker legend--from history to speculation to scientific explanation. This book is written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes wild facts (almost too strange to believe!) hold the readers' interest. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance vocabulary and comprehension
500L
Decoding demand: 90 (very high) Semantic demand: 95 (very high) Syntactic demand: 46 (medium) Structure demand: 80 (high)