Everything is changing in Stan’s life. And he does not like this a bit. Gran Jenn passed away. Then his dad lost his job. And now his best pal, Tom, is moving to Madrid. But Tom is leaving Stan in good hands. When he asks Stan to finish a last task for him, Tom has bigger plans for his best pal.

What can Tom’s last task be? Will Stan solve the puzzle Tom left behind and finish the task?

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Step 6: Novice Decodable Chapter Books
Decodability: 93.5%
Word Count: 6,001 words
Chapters: 19
Genre: Realistic Fiction

Irregular – taught: 1,299 words, 16 unique words, 19.6% of the word count. (a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you, have, says, there, what, Mrs.)
Short vowels: 1,902 words, 133 unique words, 31.7% of the word count.
Blends: 1,099 words, 101 unique words, 18.3% of the word count.
Digraphs: 551 words, 68 unique words, 9.2% of the word count.
FLSZ: 273 words, 29 unique words, 4.5% of the word count.
Double consonants: 44 words, 9 unique words, 0.7% of the word count.
-ng, -nk: 117 words, 23 unique words, 1.9% of the word count.
-all: 45 words, 7 unique words, 0.7% of the word count.
Open syllables: 416 words, 9 unique words, 6.9% of the word count.
Silent e: 9 words, 1 unique word, 0.1% of the word count.
Ctr r: 107 words, 3 unique words, 1.8% of the word count.
Vowel teams: 86 words, 9 unique words, 1.4% of the word count.
Y vowel: 26 words, 3 unique words, 0.4% of the word count.
Suffix -ing: 16 words, 15 unique words, 0.3% of the word count.
Compound: 17 words, 4 unique words, 0.3% of the word count.
Multisyllabic: 69 words, 21 unique words, 1.1% of the word count.
Irregular – other: 40 words, 6 unique words, 0.7% of the word count.
Pre-teach words: 9 words, 3 unique words, 0.1% of the word count.

Category: Decodable Chapter Book #5 Novice Step
Publisher: Simple Words Books
Author: Cigdem Knebel
Font: Lexend
Edition: 1 (Minor revisions 2024)

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