The Jeweled Room

Olin's adventures begin when he is fooled by a new friend, solves an impossible problem, accepts an important mission, and knocks out two burly thugs with...a root vegetable! As Olin tries to recover the stolen crystals, he resolves each crisis by using his trusty . . . math skills! Olin is on his way to the castle (Use the map to determine distance). The barn is on fire! (How long until the fire reaches him?) There are five tunnels in the cave (What's the probability that he will pick the correct tunnel?). The Jeweled Room is an interdisciplinary book that combines an entertaining story in the traditional "hero's adventure" style with math problems throughout to help students retain both sets of skills over the break. Reading level and math problems both targeted for (approximately) end of 6th grade (for retention) or beginning of 7th (for review and warm up). Words or math? Don't accept that false dichotomy - The Jeweled Room offers both as one book in the Balanced Books collection.