Cave Of The Bookworms

KS O ZO BO O Illustrated by Bradford Kendall 008-013 RL: 1.9 GUIDED READING LEVEL: I CONTAINS AT LEAST 10% POST-CONSUMER WASTE Cave of the Bookworms Cave of the Bookworms ne night, after awakening from a terrible dream, a young boy heads out on his bike. The boy does not know where he is going but feels pushed in one direction. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave, which he feels an urge to explore. Inside, a giant, deadly worm has trapped the Librarian! Now the boy is in danger as well. Michael Dahl NE CONTAINS AT LEAST 10% POST-CONSUMER WASTE by Michael Dahl REINFORCED LIBRARY BINDING CONTAINS AT LEAST 10% POST-CONSUMER WASTE CONTAINS AT LEAST 10% POST-CONSUMER WASTE STONE ARCH Adventure CAVE OF THE BOOKWORMS by Michael Dahl illustrated by Bradford Kendall Librarian Reviewer Laurie K. Holland Media Specialist (National Board Certified), Edina, MN MA in Elementary Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato Reading Consultant Elizabeth Stedem Educator/Consultant, Colorado Springs, CO MA in Elementary Education, University of Denver, CO Zone Books are published by Stone Arch Books 151 Good Counsel Drive, P.O. Box 669 Mankato, Minnesota 56002 www.stonearchbooks.com Copyright © 2008 by Stone Arch Books All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dahl, Michael. Cave of the Bookworms / by Michael Dahl; illustrated by Bradford Kendall. p. cm. — (Zone Books - Library of Doom) ISBN 978-1-4342-0489-9 (library binding) ISBN 978-1-4342-0549-0 (paperback) [1. Books and reading—Fiction. 2. Librarians—Fiction. 3. Fantasy.] I. Kendall, Bradford, ill. II. Title. PZ7.D15134Cav 2008 [Fic]—dc22 2007032220 Summary: One night, after awakening from a terrible dream, a young boy heads out on his bike. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave, which he feels an urge explore. Inside, a giant, deadly worm has trapped the Librarian! Now, the boy is in danger as well. Creative Director: Heather Kindseth Senior Designer for Cover and Interior: Kay Fraser Graphic Designer: Brann Garvey 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed in the United States of America TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One The Dark Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter Two Down the Hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chapter Three The Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter Four Food for Worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chapter Five The Book Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 he Library of Doom is the world’s largest collection of strange and dangerous books. The Librarian’s duty is to keep the books from falling into the hands of those who would use them for evil purposes. 1 1 Chapter 2 Deep in the night, a young boy dreams. 4 5 Giant worms surround the man. They open their terrible mouths. He dreams about a strange man, fighting nightmare creatures. 6 7 The boy wakes up, shouting. Quickly, he goes to his bedroom window and looks out. 8 9 1 Chapter 22 Moonlight touches his bicycle. For some reason, the boy wants to go for a ride. He feels like he has to. The boy rides his bike down the long path fro