A man in black robs King Chid's ring when the ring goes on display. Luckily, Mick and Liv are at the display on a class trip at the right time. But they get tricked while they try to help the cops with the theft.

Mick does not believe the legend of King Chid's ring. Liv does not understand why a ring that brings bad luck would sell for $35,000,000. If the legend is true, who will get this toxic ring's bad luck next?

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Step: #5 Novice Decodable Chapter Books
Decodability: 90.6%
Word Count: 6390 words
Chapters: 27

• Irregular - taught: 1,407 words, 17 unique words, 22.0% of the word count.( a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you, have, says, there, what, Mrs.)
• Short vowels: 1,868 words, 127 unique words, 29.2% of the word count.
• Blends: 665 words, 111 unique words, 10.4% of the word count.
• Digraphs: 783 words, 70 unique words, 12.3% of the word count.
• FLSZ: 264 words, 34 unique words, 4.1% of the word count.
• Double consonants: 70 words, 6 unique words, 1.1% of the word count.
• -ng, -nk: 220 words, 28 unique words, 3.4% of the word count.
• -all: 118 words, 10 unique words, 1.8% of the word count.
• Open syllables: 397 words, 9 unique words, 6.2% of the word count.
• Silent e: 5 words, 2 unique words, 0.1% of the word count.
• Ctr r: 48 words, 3 unique words, 0.8% of the word count.
• Vowel teams: 122 words, 10 unique words, 1.9% of the word count.
• Y vowel: 31 words, 3 unique words, 0.5% of the word count.
• Suffix -ing: 45 words, 26 unique words, 0.7% of the word count.
• Compound: 61 words, 6 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.
• Multisyllabic: 154 words, 36 unique words, 2.4% of the word count.
• Irregular - other: 81 words, 9 unique words, 1.3% of the word count.
• Pre-teach words: 51 words, 9 unique words, 0.8% of the word count.

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Category: Decodable Chapter Book #5 Novice Step
Publisher: Simple Words Books
Author: Cigdem Knebel
Edition: 1 (2021)

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