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Mice to the Rescue

The true story of how an army of mice has helped solve a big problem.

By Sarah McCarry
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Learning Objective: Students will learn essential paragraph-writing skills

Lexiles: 560L, 660L
Guided Reading Level: O
DRA Level: 34

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