Thunder Rose

Thunder Rose is an amazing girl! As a baby she drank milk straight from the cow. Rose constructed a building of iron and wood at age nine, and she could rustle a wild steer with her own hands by twelve. Once, Rose calmed two churning tornadoes with the song her parents sang for her as a baby. All in a day’s work for the girl with thunder in her veins.

Thunder Rose

By: Jerdine Nolen

Genre: Tall Tale

Spelling Words: fever, broken, climate, hotel, basic, vocal, native, silent, labor, spider, label, icon, agent, motive, vital, acorn, item, aroma, legal, solo

Vocabulary Word- Meaning

branded- marked by burning the skin with a hot iron

constructed- put together, fitted together; built

daintily- with delicate beauty; freshly and prettily

devastation- the act of laying waste; destruction

lullaby- song for singing to a child; soft song

pitch- a thick, black, sticky substance made from tar or turpentine

resourceful- good at thinking of ways to do things; quick witted

thieving- stealing

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