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Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble: Band 08/Purple (Collins Big Cat)

  • ISBN10: 0007186223
  • ISBN13: 9780007186228
  • Author: Jana Hunter
  • Illustrator: Kim Blundell
  • Format: Paperback / softback
  • Published: 05/01/2005
£6.25 £5.00

The Pet Detective faces a special challenge when Kara’s pet tortoise, Rocket, goes missing. Has the tortoise been squashed on a motorway? Eaten by a hungry goat? Chewed up by a dog? The Pet Detective follows the clues to find out what’s happened.

Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble: Band 08/Purple (Collins Big Cat)

£6.25 £5.00

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The Pet Detective faces a special challenge when Kara’s pet tortoise, Rocket, goes missing. Has the tortoise been squashed on a motorway? Eaten by a hungry goat? Chewed up by a dog? The Pet Detective follows the clues to find out what’s happened.

  • Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.
  • Text type – A story by the same author.
  • A final double page spread shows all the things a Pet Detective needs on a case to support recapping the story.
  • Curriculum links – Science: Plants and animals in the local environment.
  • Tortoise Trouble is one of two stories by Jana Hunter about the Pet Detective
  • This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
  • This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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