Level 2
ESL B1Ordinary Joe
Author Sylvia Bishop
Humour
When Sam is sent on a get-to-know-you activity week to make friends before starting senior school, the other kids don’t seem to like him very much. Then he is paired with a boy called Joe, and Joe is more than strange. Joe is a shapeshifter, and Sam is finding it even harder than before to make friends because of Joe’s odd behaviour! Can they learn to fit in?
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Chapters
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Chapter 1 The New Kid
Sam is not enjoying his time at Sunny Meadow Adventure Camp. He has tried to make friends, but the other children do not like him. And then Joe arrives, and things just get harder... and weirder!
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Chapter 2 In the Kitchen
Sam must help Joe fit in, and it is not going to be easy, especially because Sam doesn’t find it easy to fit in either! And the kitchen is full of things that Joe has never seen before...
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Chapter 3 In the Shadows
Joe and Sam realise that Mark and Eliot have heard them talking, and they cannot trust Mark to keep Joe’s identity secret. In fact, Mark still wants to bully Joe... what can Sam do?
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Chapter 4 In the Woven World
Mrs Culpeper has come to take Joe away, so he must quickly escape. The problem is, he is already unable to transform. How can Sam help his new friend survive?
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Chapter 5 Weirdo
Sam is still in the woven world, and Mrs Culpeper has almost reached the top of the shadow-stairs to return to Earth. Can she be stopped? And can Sam get to the gap home before it closes?
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