Level: K DRA: 20 Genre: Fantasy Strategy: Infer/Predict Skill: Story Structure Word Count: 388 The Sand Castle 1.6.28 by Sela Greenblatt illustrated by Bernard Adnet HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02732-6 ISBN-10:0-547-02732-X 1032766 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027326_AL_LRSE_CVR_L28_CASTL.indd 1 5/17/10 6:54:29 PM The Sand Castle by Sela Greenblatt illustrated by Bernard Adnet Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02732-6 ISBN-10: 0-547-02732-X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. Marcelo sat on the beach and looked at the big world around him. “The sky is so wide,” he said. “The clouds are so large. The waves are so tall!” Marcelo looked down at himself. He felt very small. 2 Just then, the wind blew a big ball across the beach. It hit Marcelo and sent him flying across the sand. “That does it!” said Marcelo. “I may look small, but I am going to do something big. . . something really big!” 3 Marcelo thought and thought. Then an idea popped into his