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rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced inany manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of thepublisher,except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.  \nGrass Roots Press gratefully acknowledges the financial supportfor its publishing programs provided by the following agencies:the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fundand the Government of Alberta throughthe Alberta Foundation for the Arts.  \nGrass Roots Press would also like to thank ABC Life Literacy Canadafor their support.Good Reads°is used under licence from ABC LifeLiteracy Canada.  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication  \nCohen,Tish,1963-  \nThe break-in/Tish Cohen.  \n(Good reads series)ISBN 978-1-926583-82-2  \n1.Readers for new literates.I.Title.  \nII.Series:Good reads series(Edmonton,Alta.)  \nPS8605.O3787B742012428.6'2C2012-902309-4  \nPrinted and bound in Canada.  \nIAGARA FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARY  \nFor Max and Lucas  \n# Chapter One\n\nAlex watched a cricket creep along the baseboardand disappear.He didn’t feel strong enough to goafter it.Not today.Besides,why try?Seven morecrickets were on the loose,and he’d lost the plasticlunch bag they came in.  \nHe sat with his elbows on his knees.His suitjacket didn't fit anymore.It bunched up and hurthim under his arms.All around him,grown-upssipped tea and ate tiny sandwiches and cookies.Asif he couldn't hear them,they whispered about thetragedy.Of course it was a tragedy.Alex's dad wasthe best police constable on the force,everyone saidso.Two days ago,he had stopped a guy for speeding.While he was writing the ticket,another driver hit  \nTish Cohen  \nand killed him.Who could imagine anything worse?Not his son,that's for sure.  \n\"Poor fellow was too young to die,\"a womansaid.Alex knew her;she worked at the main deskof the police station.“Barely fifty.Makes no sense.”  \nThe constable beside her nodded.\"That's thething about life.Does its best to mess us up.”  \nAlex hated this little house on Poplar Avenue.Everything about it was bad.His dad had wantedto live closer to work.That's why the family hadmoved here from the other side of town a monthago.Four crappy weeks.In that time,Alex had hadtwo teeth filled and his mother had had the stomachflu.Now his dad was dead.Loose crickets didn'tmatter compared to that.  \nHis mother looked sadder and taller than everin her borrowed funeral dress.\"Honey,\"she said,\"you need to eat.\"She held out a plate of salad.  \nAlex stared at the lettuce,making a face.  \n“You need to keep your strength up.”  \nUsing the smallest amount of air he could,Alexsaid,“L-1-lettuce is for c-C...crickets.”  \nHis mother's hand went to her throat andstarted to play with her pearl necklace.His stutterwas getting to her.She couldn’t handle that it had","cbCaieItPhr0houy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieItPhr0houy","pdf",2067086,84,"English","# Chapter One","[{\"question\":\"Who is the main character in Chapter One?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter 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