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I agree that money doesn't buy happiness is a minor  theme.

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I think never judge a book by it's cover and never give up are good themes for Night of the Spadefoot Toads because both themes have certain times in the book were they were most important.

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the major theme is that when ben lied to mrs tibbets about the snakes he didnt want to lie so he learned his lesson to not lie and to tell the truth

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I also think that the theme is never give up because Ben never gave up on the toads and the vernal pool.

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I agree that a minor theme is to follow what you like to do and believe in yourself he does push himself

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A theme that I agree with of for "Night of the Spadefoot Toads" was never give up. The reason I think this because in the story Mrs.Tibbet's was giving up when her sister in law was ready to take the land from the spadefoots to build houses, however when Ben found this out he immediately tried to help. He tried to help by e-mailing a Natural Heritage Resort, but when that did not work as planned he tried again but this time by going to Mrs.Tibbets sister in laws house and showing her his report about the vernal pool, that was the thing that really did fix the whole problem.  -Lisette

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i do agree that never give up is a theme because ben didn't want Mrs. Tibbets to let her sister-in-law sell the land so ben never gave up on telling Mrs. Tibbets to stop her.

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I found never give up as a major theme because Ben never gave up to save the vernal pool from houses that were going to ruin it. He was so determined to save them that he didn't finish his geography report. But right after he changed the topic of what he was doing on his report, it said in the text "He worked like crazy" and then the teacher told him that it was really good. Ben didn't give up and he got a good grade for it. He also worked hard to save the animals from the vernal pool.

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I agree that a minor theme on  Night Of The Spadefoot Toads is " don't give up"  because, He wanted to save the toads and did all the things he could possibly do to accomplish that.

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Another minor theme is you can rely on friends and family.Agatha helped out Ben when Ben's parents have gotten mad at Ben.And Ryan helped out Ben when Ben got in trouble for not having his report done but Ryan took the blame

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I agree that money does not buy happiness because Mrs. Tibbets sister in law was destroying instinkt animals homes for money.

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He tries to remind mrs.turner about the american toes and that made her mind to put the houses 2 acre plot away from the vernal pool.It says on page 216 it says"I'm holding on to a 2 acre plot on the other side of the vernal pool,where we may put up a few houses."

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"You look closely and bam a whole different world opens up." I think this is the theme because Ben did not believe that there is something special about the area he lives in now, but then he found out about the frogs and toads he stopped  being interested in Tucson.

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1 theme that I found in the night of the spadefoot toad was to never give up because ben wanted to not keep Mrs.Tibbet's sister-in-law to sell the house. Also he wanted to help the endangered animals such as the frogs and the snakes.

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I Believe that the theme is to never give up because Ben tried to save the Spadefoots and Mrs tibbets land.He also had a lot of struggles

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I found never give up as a major theme because Ben never gave up to save the vernal pool from houses that were going to ruin it. He was so determined to save them that he didn't finish his geography report.

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I found out that the theme is that ben wants to make new friends and that he wants to tell the truth

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I say that the major theme is that money doesn't buy happiness because first or all Mrs Tibbets sister-in-law wanted to sell the land just for money but if she did the spadefoot toads will have no homes and will die. The Spadefoot Toads mean a lot to Ben Because Ben really loved the outside nature. Ben also really wanted to find a spadefoot but now there going to be gone. Those are my reasons why i think the major theme is money doesn't buy happiness.

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I agree that the theme is to never give up on anyone like when ben could not do his project because he wanted to go to Ryan party but he did and did not do his project so then the next day the teacher said ben do you have you project ben said no so then the teacher said well then ben i have to pit it in a grade for a zero but then ryan came to the teacher desk and said teacher let ben get a redo ryan said ben could not do his project because i wanted him to come to my party and he did the teacher said fine i will only give you one redo that it

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I think the theme of the book "Night Of The Spade Foot Toads" is about teamwork and dedication because Ryan and Jenne helped Ben out when he had to do his book report and got him out of it and then Ben could make it to his party because of his teacher he had to do his book report and that's why I think that the theme of the book is teamwork and dedication and that's a major part of the book"Night Of The Spade Foot Toads.

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I agree that the major theme is to never give up because Ben did not give up on the toads and never gave up saving the toads.

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A minor theme in Night of the Spadefoot Toads is to have courage because, when Ben went to Mrs.Turner's house he thought she still wouldn't do anything about the land but once she read the project  and saw the picture of Jenny and Ryan Mrs.Turner noticed that it looked familiar so this shows that Mrs.Turner may have an idea to save the land.

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I agree that you should never give up because Ben really tries his best to save the Spadefoots from, Mrs. Tibbets land and  Ben keeps trying to beg Mrs.Tibbets sister in law to not sell her land, because then the spadefoots would lose their homes.

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A minor theme is don't give up because when ben was looking for proof and to do his project he never gave up.

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A minor theme is time will go by fast even if you don't want it to because in "Night of the Spadefoot Toads" it gives details that Ben is changing from hating his new home to liking it and trying to save the Spadefoot Toads. Same with Tibitha she loved the toads but then forgot about them, and ben shows her a photo of her and her brother and remembers that photo and wants to change her mind. Ben also thinks that the longer you stay at a certain place you will get used to it and will look like a whole new world.- Viliana

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A minor theme is think of others before you act because Mrs.Turner wanted to build homes where the spadefoots were, even though she knew that Ben and Mrs.Tibbets didn't want her to, so Ben wrote an essay on Mrs Tibbets land and convinced her not to build on the land.

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I think the theme for The Night of the Spadefoot Toads is to always do what you love no matter what comes in your way. I think this theme because in the text, Ben never stopped investigating about toads and he never stopped protecting them when Ms.Tibbets sister-in-law was going to destroy the land where the vernal pool was.

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In the book Night of the Spadefoot the major theme to not give up. Mrs.Tibbets sister in law is trying to sell the land but ben and mrs.Tibbets will not let here.The spadefoot toads live there and they are becoming extinct! Kacper p

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I think that the theme is to never give up because Ben helped Mrs Tibbets save the land. Another theme is don´t let others down. Ben did not want his friends to feel hurt so he went to the party though he had a project to work on.

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The theme I found was Ben realizing not to focus on one thing because the text said"Ben is halfway afraid to go on, but there's nothing to do but just plow ahead.

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The major theme in Night of the Spadefoot Toads is is to not judge a book by it's cover. I believe this because when Ben first moved to Massachusetts he didn't want to live there but then ben said "It's like there is nothing there then, BAM! A whole new world opens up."(page 204). This helps me infer that at first ben thought that there would be nothing in Massachusetts then he started to learn about the vernal pools and the spadefoot toads and falls in love with them and so then he wants to save them and the vernal pool. -Jacob Z

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I think that a minor theme in Night of the Spadefoot Toads is to follow what you like to do and believe in yourself because when Tabitha and the real secret agent, Adela Garrett told Ben that there is no sign of a vernal pool in the yard, Ben knew that there was because he saw it and he tries his best to show proof. He does his report for school on signs of vernal pools. Ben worked hard and made 15 pages based off of the signs that a vernal pool could be in your yard, or just anywhere. This is why I think one of the minor themes is to follow what you like to do.

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Create a new text box for each new theme you found in The Night of the Spadefoot Toads.  Briefly explain why this theme fits the book.