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Planet Boring

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Bronze (Levels 31)
  • Year: g-six
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Humour, Journeys, Personal change
  • Genre: Science fiction
  • Strategy/Skills: Exploring text structure, Using texts as models, Monitoring for meaning
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 31
  • Item Code: 200435
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Reader Description

Mag's friend Gork wins two tickets to the Brainthrasher concert on planet Frenzzi, where nothing is "real". But when they travel there through a fake wormhole, climb steep rockfaces, and raft down a white-water river, Mag begins to wonder where they are and whether this is for real.

After you have completed the Reader

Mag calls Earth "Planet Boring" and she doesn't want to go on holiday there with her parents. Write a list of exciting activities you could do with Mag so she enjoys her holiday. List the names of the activities, where they takes place, and the equipment you might need.

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