by Joanne Telcide-Bryant (Author), James Telcide (Illustrator)

Nastassia is a young worker honeybee with her sights set on the royal crown. The social order of the Honey Hive is strict for a worker bee. Should she stick to her mission to change the hierarchy or give up and accept her place as a worker bee?

All reading levels will enjoy this fun story, while confident readers will enjoy a pop of high-intensity vocabulary words targeting inferencing skills, comprehension maintenance, and awareness of text structure.

This story includes over 1800 literacy words, a prologue, a glossary, fun facts, and comprehension questions.

Lexile Reading Range: 810L - 1000L; Recommended grade levels: 2-5