A Trip to Camp Danger

Wise & Wide is a 6-level English reading program that consists of 60 books and each level is
systematically divided by Lexile Ⓡ measures. The Lexile Ⓡ Framework for Reading is the most popular reading measuring system in American formal education curriculums and many English programs.
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Experience many kinds of readings written by professional writers from the U.S. and England. They used interesting topics that were carefully chosen after analyzing elementary curriculums from around the world including Korea, the U.S., England, and Australia among many others.

Before Reading

Microorganisms that we can’t see through our eyes
The world is very interesting because it has a lot of tiny creatures that we can’t see with our eyes. We call them microorganisms. There are not only germs that make us sick, but also a lot of microorganisms that are beneficial to men and animals. We will follow Tara’s adventure in the book and explore various microorganisms. First, there are mainly viruses and bacteria.
In addition, there are creatures that we can see with our eyes but which are still tiny such as molds and protoplasts. The book also gives us knowledge about the reason why we get sick and how we are cured. Then, let’s follow Tara and explore the marvelous world of these microorganisms.

Summary

You will meet a brave girl called Tara in the book. One day Tara came down with a terrible case of the flu and couldn’t go on the school camping trip. It made the lively and active Tara very sad. On the day when her classmates and brother came back from the camp, she was well by then and went to school to meet them. But the children from the camp looked very sick. Many children including Tara’s brother got sick. Soon after, people wearing overgarments to prevent infections came and took the sick children away by force for quarantine. Tara overheard a conversation between the principal and the mayor at school and smelled something fishy. She took a risk and sneaked into a secret lab to save them!