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  Jacky smiled. ‘And we both get to do Concert in the Park tonight,’ she said.

  ‘That reminds me,’ said Zeke. ‘I’ll ask the Gang-Stars to film us. They’ll probably want to borrow your camera. Is that all right?’ ALL ST*R HIGH

  confused – finding it hard to understand things; getting mixed up

  criminal – someone who commits a crime

  dress rehearsal – practising a show in full costume

  expel – throw someone out of school

  glowsticks – disposable torches with coloured lights

  innocent – not guilty of doing something wrong

  memory stick – a device for moving files from one computer to another

  mp3 player – a personal music player that you can carry round with you

  panic – feeling you can’t think straight because you’re so worried about something

  1 What was Jacky looking for?

  2 Why did Jacky wonder if Zeke was the thief?

  3 Why had the Concert in the Park been cancelled?

  4 What trouble had Zeke been in before?

  5 Why didn’t Jacky’s plan work the first time?

  6 Why didn’t it work the second time?

  7 Why didn’t it work on Wednesday?

  8 Why didn’t Zeke dance well at the rehearsal?

  9 Where had Jacky left her video camera?

  10 Which student was trying to get Zeke expelled? Why?

  1 Her camera

  2 Because he was the only one who hadn’t had anything stolen.

  3 Because of a storm.

  4 He got caught shoplifting.

  5 The camera ran out of battery.

  6 The camera had fallen over.

  7 The thief was wearing a mask, so they couldn’t see who it was.

  8 He couldn’t concentrate because he was thinking about the thief.

  9 In Principal Blake’s room.

  10 Simon. He wanted to be in the Gang-Stars and to have the lead dancing role at the Concert in the Park.

  Helen Chapman is an Australian author of eighty books who has been published in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A, New Zealand and Australia. She has travelled extensively and lived in America and England and is currently living in Australia.

  For further information on Helen and her books visit: www.helenchapman.com

  Helen has a special friend Rose Inserra who knows what her contribution has been to the ASH series and who can never be sufficiently thanked for it.