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New to the Chase Manning Mystery Series? Check out the first installment, Chase Against Time.
Use Chase for Home for Instructional Purposes
                    
Thanks for the wonderful response to last week's book release announcement. It's been an exciting time. This week I would like to share a few of the ways you can incorporate the Chase Manning Mystery Series into your instructional program. 

* Chase Against Time and Chase for Home are Level Q on the Fountas & Pinnell scale and appeal to both boys and girls who are seeking fast-paced, engaging independent reading books. 

* Both books are ideally suited to be used as read alouds and mentor texts during Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop units on mystery and "edge-of-seat" fiction because they include numerous examples of end-of-chapter cliffhangers, red herrings, suspects, motives, and other important mystery elements.

* Please reply to this e-mail if you are interested in arranging a school visit (Los Angeles area) or Skype visit. Over the past few years, I have conducted numerous book talks in which I describe the process of writing my mystery books, share my original notes and outlines, encourage children to pursue their own writing projects, offer instructional strategies and suggestions, and conclude with a question and answer period.