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List I Promised!
By JES (again!)
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Traci,
Here's a list of author's and books I've read and used with 4th & 5th graders. It's a list I originally posted in response to a ProTeacher.com request for adventure books suitable for 5th. GARY PAULSEN:
(Hatchet series -- survival) Hatchet, Brian's Winter, The River
(Mr. Tucket series -- adventure set in pioneer/wagon train days) Mr. Tucket, Call Me Francis Tucket, etc. BILL WALLACE:
Danger at Panther Peak
Trapped in Death Cave
Danger in Quicksand Swamp
The Eye of the Great Bear (This may not be the exact title.) | |
WILL HOBBS:
Maze
Jason's Gold (Gold Rush)
River Thunder (and many more) PEG KEHRET:
Earthquake Terror
Terror at the Zoo (and probably many more)
Volcano Terror (Mount St. Helens) ROLAND SMITH:
Sasquatch (search for Sasquatch near Mount St. Helens -- loose tie-in)
Jaguar (conservation tie-in) KRISTIANA GREGORY:
Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie The Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell -- 1847 LUCY BLEDSOE:
Tracks in the Snow KATHLEEN KARR:
The Great Turkey Walk (set in 1860) ELIZABETH VAN STEENWYK:
A Traitor Among Us ELISA LYNN CARBONE
Stealing Freedom (Underground Railroad) SID FLEISCHMAN:
Bandit"s Moon Also you could go on amazon.com and search for fiction or non-fiction in 9-12 year-old range.
Happy reading!
Elaine
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