nSkill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 6+ provides 12 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example: Fiction Stories: - Hercules and the Many-Headed Hydra - A Clever Jester Fools a King - The Sausage Nonfiction Stories: - The Terra Cotta Warriors: An Army of Clay - Animal Partnerships - Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary Soldier Activity pages include: - comprehension questions - a vocabulary exercise for every story Other skills addressed include the following: - critical thinking - interpreting graphic information - using a dictionary - summarizing