Publisher's Synopsis
Eighth Grade Mentor Text Literature Models Craighead George, Jean, My Side of the Mountain Dahl, Roald, Going Solo Freeman, Marcia, Listen to This (Included in your Teacher Pack) London, Jack, To Build a Fire (This is a short story and is on the Lesson Plans CD) Lowery, Lois, The Giver Rylant, Cynthia, Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Paterson, Katherine, Jacob Have I Loved Paulsen, Gary, Father Water, Mother Woods Simon, Seymour, Gorillas Spinelli, Jerry, Knots in My Yo-Yo String Stevenson, Robert Louis, Treasure Island Zim, Herbert Spencer, Reptiles and Amphibians
