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                    Creative writing.
                    Word study.
                    Research and integrated activities.
                    Tracking and record sheets.
                    Answer key.

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Click on the covers to see sample pages from selected Work Books for Novels. The format of each work book is similar.

Grades 3 - 6   Scroll down for other grades

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory   
Roald Dahl's popular fantasy novel. Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket that invites him to Willy Wonka's marvelous and very unusual candy factory.  Order

Charlottes Web and Stuart Little   
Novel Studies for two of E. B. White's popular novels.  Order
 
The Tale of Despereaux
The Newbery Medal winner for 2005 by Kate DiCamillo     Order 

James and the Giant Peach   
Roald Dahl's story of a boy's adventures as he crosses the Atlantic Ocean with some strange companions.    Order

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume's humorous novel about how Peter Hatcher copes with the trials and tribulations of living with a younger brother.     Order

Superfudge
The sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing tells how Peter copes with five year old Fudge, a new baby sister and relocation to Princeton.   Order

Double Fudge
The Hatcher family has more fun and adventures when cousins from Texas come to visit them in New York  by Judy Blume    Order
 
The Best School Year Ever
The terrible Herdman children wreak havoc throughout the school year in the hilarious sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson   Order

The Best Halloween Ever
Halloween has been cancelled because the terrible Herdman children have been up to their usual mischief.  Order

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Christmas pageant is a tradition, but things change and chaos ensues when the terrible Herdmans insist on taking part.  Although the pageant is different than previous productions everyone agrees it really was the best Christmas pageant ever.   Order

Finders Keepers  by Andrea Spalding 
The story of a friendship which develops, in present day Alberta, between the son of Ukranian immigrants and a Peigan Indian boy and how they learned to help each other with their culture and deal with prejudice towards Native Peoples.    Order

 Morris Rumpel and the Wings of Icarus    by Betty Waterton
Morris visits his Grandparents, rides on an airplane and a horse for the first time, saves a family of peregrine falcons and becomes a hero.   Order

Sarah, Plain and Tall  by Patricia Maclachlan
This is a story set in the late 19th century about love and family.  The novel tells how a widowed farmer advertises for a wife and the changes her arrival brings to his family.  An historical novel  that gives a clear picture of of pioneer life on a farm at that time.    Order

 Meiko and the Fifth Treasure  by Eleanor Coerr   
This novel, by the author of Sadako and the Thousand Cranes, is set in Japan in the 1940's. Meiko, injured in the bomb blast at Nagasaki has to overcome her pain and fear so that she can once again take up calligraphy.  Order

Cassandra's Driftwood   by Budge Wilson 
The story of how a young girl from Nova Scotia, deals with adolescence and finds a way to make her own mark.  Order

Wings to Fly   by Celia Parker Lottridge

In this sequel to Ticket to Curlew eleven year old Josie helps a new friend adjust to prairie life and begins to think about her future.  Order

Ticket to Curlew    by Celia Parker Lottridge
In 1915 a family moves from Iowa to Curlew, Alberta.  This novel tells how the family builds a home, survives a prairie winter and comes to terms with a new way of life.    Order

Tuck Everlasting  by Natalie Babbitt
The Tuck family have a spring of water that gives everlasting life.  When an outsider discovers it, they have to convince her that it should be kept a secret. Order

The Hundred Penny Box   by Sharon Bell Mathis
Michael and his hundred year old aunt have a close relationship.  He enjoys her tales of the past, particularly those based on the pennies in his great aunt's treasured box, and tries to prevent his mother from throwing out such 'treasures,' which she considers useless junk.   Order

Paddy's Pot of Gold   by Dick King-Smith
Brigid makes friends with a leprechaun who helps her to care for the animals by telling her of their needs.  After his death she is rewarded when she finds his pot of gold in her garden.  Order

The Canada Geese Quilt  by Natalie Kinsey Warnock
With her grandmother's help and understanding Ariel accepts the news of a new baby in the family.  When her grandmother has a stroke, Ariel helps to nurse her back to health and is rewarded with a quilt of her own.  Order

Stone Fox  by John Reynolds Gardiner
This is the story of a young boy's efforts to save the family potato farm when his grandfather falls ill.  He takes part in a sled race which he wins in sad circumstances.   Order

The Half-a-Moon Inn   by Paul Fleischman
While searching for his mother, Aaron who is mute, goes into the Half-a-Moon Inn.  Here he is forced to to help the wicked owner pick pockets and read the dreams of people staying at the inn.   Order

How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?    by Linda Bailey
This is the first of the Stevie Diamond Mysteries and tells how Stephanie and a friend solves the theft of money from the environmental group that employs her mother.  Order

Pelly by David Glaze
Pelly is the story of a young girl in western Canada who befriends a pelican.  This leads to problems as the pelican begins to depend on her for food and does not migrate for the winter.  Eventually with the help of her father she returns him the wild and sees him in his native habitat.  Order

 Shiloh  by Phylis Reynolds Taylor
Marty finds an abused dog and doesn't want to return it to its owner.  The story tells how he struggles with the ethics of hiding the dog and lying to his parents, and he eventually finds a way to solve these problems.    Order

Mick Harte Was Here    by Barbara Park
Pheobe Harte tells the story of the death of her brother in a bicycle accident by recalling events in his life.  This helps her come to terms with his death and learn to deal with the loss.  Order

The Flight of the Dragon Kyn    by Susan Fletcher
The king asks Kara to call the dragons who have been attacking his Kingdom.  When this results in the death of the dragon who cared for her as a child, she searches for a plan to satisfy the king and ensure the safety of the dragons.  Order

Fog Magic  by Julia L. Sauer
A young girl who loves the fog uses it to travel to her own fantasy world.   Order

Number the Stars  by Lois Lowry
Set in Denmark during the Nazi occupation, it tells how a girl and her family deal with life's daily difficulties, and save Jewish people from capture and transportation to concentration camps.   Order

Jacob's Little Giant
A novel by Barbara Smucker about the conservation of wild life as a farm family raise a flock of Canada geese.   Order

Pit Pony
The story of a young boy's life as a coal miner in the early 1900's by Joyce Barkhouse.   Order

Copper Sunrise  by Bryan Buchan
The story of a family who emigrates to Newfoundland and their encounters with the native Beothuks.   Order

The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements  
Jack Rankin is ashamed of his father who is a janitor at the high school he attends.  The novel tells how the relationship between them changes as Jack learns more about his father's early life.  Order

Whittington  by Alan Armstrong
A retelling of the English folktale, Dick Whittington and His Cat.  A battered tomcat tells the story of his namesake Dick Whittington to an audience of a group of animals that live in a barn and two orphaned children Abby and Ben.  Dick Whittington's trials mirror those of Ben, who overcomes dyslexia and learns to read.  Order

Harriet the Spy   by Maya Gold   
Harriet and  Annie, spy on the strange people selling Christmas  trees. Harriet is also intrigued by Annie's odd behaviour, and is determined to discover the reason for this.   Order

The following work books are based on the Hank Zipzer novels written by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver 

Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Henry Winkler, who is dyslexic, based the central character in this first of a series of novels, on some of his own experiences.  Order

The Day of the Iguana 
Hank Zipzer plans a science project that requires little of the written work that is so difficult for him.   Order

I Got a 'D' in Salami
Hank Zipzer gets into more trouble when he tries to hide a poor report card from his parents.   Order

The Zippety Zinger
Hank Zipzer loves baseball but lacks skills. However, one day he wears his sisters lucky monkey sock with surprising results.   Order

The Night I Flunked My Field Trip
More adventures with Hank Zipzer and his friends. The novel is set on a sailing ship with near disastrous results.  Order

Holy Enchilada!
Hank Zipzer and his friends welcome a Japanese exchange student to their school and take part in a multicultural day.  Order

Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade!
It is the end of the school year and Hank Zipzer is horrified to discover that he might have to repeat the Fourth grade.  How can he prevent his parents from discovering this?   Order

Summer School! What Genius Thought That Up?
Hank Zipzer has to attend summer school.  He wants to take part in a magic show and his father agrees he can do this if his marks are satisfactory.  Hank works hard and in spite of some setbacks achieves his goal.   Order

The Secret Life of a Ping-Pong Wizard
Hank Zipzer is now in Grade5. There is strong a strong emphasis on sports but Hank fails to make the soccer team due to his poor hand-eye coordination. He finds he is good at ping-pong but hesitates to tell his friends as they may not consider this a real sport. However, when his skills are revealed at a parade of athletes, his fears are overcome.   Order

My Dog's a Scaredy Cat
It's Halloween and hank Zipzer and his friends in the fifth grade plan revenge on Nick McKelty as they construct a haunted house. Order

The Curtain Went Up, My Pants fell Down 
Hank is chosen to play the part of the King of Siam in the School's winter musical.  However, his father insists he gain a B+ in a math test in order to do this.  Order

Barfin' In The Backseat: How I Survived My Family Road Trip 
The twelfth book in the series about Hank Zipzer and his family tells of his adventures as they travel to a crossword competition.  Order

Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me! 
In the thirteenth book of the series Hank learns that his mother is pregnant, and decides to practice being a big brother by buying a pet.  When he chooses a tarantula for a pet not everyone is pleased.  Order

A Tale of Two Tails
Hank enters his dog, Cheerio, in a show to win the honor of being the school mascot. Problems arise while training Cheerio and Hank has to do community service at a senior's home. Cheerio is not successful at the show, but does win a prize as Mr. Congeniality.  Order

Click on the covers to see sample pages from selected Work Books for Novels. The format of each work book is similar.

Grades 5 - 8

Elijah of Buxton  
Buxton, a black settlement for escaped slaves in Ontario as seen through the eyes of Elijah, the first child to be born free in the settlement. Some incidents are related in an amusing manner, but the horror of slavery is apparent when  Elijah travels to Michigan to help a friend recover some stolen money.   Order

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village  
The 2008 Newbery winner by Laura Amy Schlitz. Set in England 1n 1255, various people from the village , ranging from the Lord of the manor to the tanners apprentice, from a runaway serf to the millers son, speak in monologues and dialogues in prose and poetry about their lives.   Order

A Christmas Carol  
Charles Dickens' classic story of Scrooge, the three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future and how they change his feelings about Christmas.  Order

The Wednesday Wars  
Set in the 1960's this Newbery Honor Winner, by Gary D. Schmidt, tells of a boy's growing maturity as he tells of his problems at school and home, the political events of the time and a growing enjoyment of William Shakespeare's plays. Order

We All Fall Down  by Eric Walters  
Will is visiting his father who works in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.  The novel tells how they escape from the South Tower after the plane crash, and how this event changed their relationship and increases their understanding of each other.  Order

Loser  by Jerry Spinelli     
The story of Donald Zinkoff as he progresses from grades one to six.  Donald is an average student, with a kind and considerate nature, but his failure to win a race earns him the nickname of Loser from his classmates. Undeterred by this bullying, Donald continues to be himself and the reader will consider who are the real winners and losers. Order

Maniac Magee  by Jerry Spinelli
This novel, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1991, is the story of a young boy, Jeffrey (Maniac) Magee, who faces racism and attempts to soothe racial tensions in a small town while searching for a new home.  Order

White Jade Tiger    by  Julie Lawson  
As Jasmine travels through time to help a young Chinese boy find his father, she learns about her own history.   Order

Time Cat
Lloyd Alexander's popular story of a cat who travels back in time to various places in the world.   Order

A Single Shard
This Newbery  medal winner is the story of an orphan in 12th century Korea, who overcomes many difficulties to become a potter.   Order

The Pinballs  by  Betsy Byars       
Three children who have been abused and abandoned find love in a caring foster home.   Order

The Emily Carr Mystery
Detective Liz Austen becomes involved in an exciting mystery at her friends wedding,  by Eric Wilson.  Order

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle   by Avi

The story of a thirteen year old girl's adventures, as she joins the crew in a mutiny against the ship's Captain, when she travels from England to Rhode Island aboard the Seahawk in 1832.   Order

The Hollow Tree  by Janet Lunn

This historical novel is set in 1777 and tells the story of how Phoebe Olcott travels to Fort Ticonderoga, accompanied by a cat, a bear cub and a young Loyalist, Jem Morissey, to deliver a vital message to the British general and saving the lives of Loyalists.   Order

Space Trap  by Monica Hughes

A girl is trapped on a strange world where aliens are kidnapped for zoos.  She has to rescue her brother and sister and get them home safely.   Order

Charlie Wilcox  by Sharon E. McKay

This biography tells the story of Charlie Wilcox who is determined to  follow the family tradition of going to sea and he doesn't intend to let his disability stop him.  He stows away on a sailing ship only to find that the ship is bound for Europe and the battles of the First World War.  The adventures that follow require courage and determination as Charlie proves his worth.    Order

Dragon in the Clouds  by Rosemary Nelson
When her physically disabled cousin, Trevor, arrives, Nikki's summer plans are disrupted, and she feels angry.  A picture in the clouds helps them to overcome their mutual dislike as Trevor realizes his dream of competing in the British Columbia Games for the Physically Disabled.   Order

Summer of the Swans  by Betsy Byars
Teenage Sarah often feels discontented with her life.  One of her tasks is to care for her mentally handicapped brother.  She takes him to see the swans which fascinate him.  One day he wanders off and during the search for him she comes to understand that she does love and appreciate her family.   Order

Jip: His Story   by Katherine Paterson
Jip is an abandoned child, whose only friend is an old man who suffer from fierce rages.  The arrival of a new teacher and a mysterious stranger reveal Jip's true origins.    Order

 Holes
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a detention camp in Texas after being wrongly accused of theft.  Unusual twists in the plot involve a female warden, an outlaw and an old Egyptian curse.  Order  

Bridge to Terabithia  by Katherine Paterson
The story of a friendship between a boy and a girl who create their own kingdom where they can escape the problems of every day. Tragedy strikes when the girl is drowned and the boy has to come to terms with this event.   Order

 The Robber and Me    by Joseph Holub
A mystery set in Nineteenth Century Germany tells the story of Boniface Shroll who is sent to live with a relative in a small village.  Here he has to overcome the small prejudices of the village people in order to tell the truth.   Order

Underground to Canada  by Barbara Smucker
Two slave girls escape from a plantation in the southern states and overcome many difficulties as they make their way to Canada using the underground  railway.  Order

Coast to Coast  by Betsy Byers
A thirteen year old girl and her grandfather fly across the country in a Piper Cub, learning about themselves and their relationship as they travel.   Order
  
Missing May  by  Cynthia Rylant
This is the story of how a young girl and her friend help her uncle to deal with the sudden death of his wife.  They learn that although they will always miss Aunt May,  their memories of her will help them get on with life.   Order

Julie  by Cora Taylor
Julie is a young farm girl in western Canada who has inherited the gift of second sight from her Scottish grandmother.  Although it is frowned on by her family, who think she is strange, she uses the gift to save her father's life.   Order

Lost in Cyberspace   by Richard Peck
Josh Lewis and his best friend use computers to travel through time and bring people from the past into the present.  This is a fast paced and humorous     book.  Order

Journey  by Patricia MacLachan
Eleven year old Journey searches for reasons why his mother left him and his younger sister with his grandparents.  Using old  and new photographs, taken by his grandfather, he comes to recognize the love within his family.   Order

The Family Under The Bridge  by Natalie Savage Carlson
A hobo who lives under a bridge in Paris has to learn to share with three homeless gipsy children.  A story about love, family and sharing.  Order

The Master Puppeteer  by Katherine Paterson
The story of Jiro who is apprenticed to Hoshido in his puppet theater. Set in a time when robber bands roamed the countryside and people were starving.  Order

The Winter Room  by Garry Paulsen
Two boys growing up on a farm in Minnesota in the early years of the Twentieth Century listen to stories of the past told by their uncle.   Order

Home Child  by Barbara  Haworth-Attard  
The story of Arthur, one of the 100.000 children sent from Britain in the early 1900's to work on farms in Canada.   Order

Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel   
Shade is a Silverwing bat. He is very small and teased about his size.  This leads him to want to see the sun, which results in a series of adventures and misadventures.  It is filled with examples of figurative language and provides an excellent opportunity to discuss different kinds of prejudice.   Order

Sunwing  by Kenneth Oppel
In this sequel to Silverwing, Shade continues to search for his father, finally rescuing him and bringing peace between the owls and the bats.   Order

Click on the covers to see sample pages from selected Work Books for Novels. The format of each work book is similar.

Grades 6 - 9

Gathering Blue  
The second novel in The Giver series tells of a village society that lacks any modern technology and where brutality and self interest rule.  The novel centers on three talented young artists and their treatment by the repressive society in which they live.  Order


Messenger
The third book of The Giver series, it tells the story of Matty who leaves his village for one where he will be accepted and respected.   Order

The Face on the Milk carton
When Jane Johnson sees her own face on a milk carton featuring lost children, memories begin to surface and realizing she was kidnapped she begins to search for her lost identity. By Caroline Cooney  Order

The Lightning Thief 
This is a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan that combines the trials of a modern twelve year old boy with adventures from Greek mythology.  The first of a series, it is excellent when used in conjunction with a unit on the Greek gods and mythology. Order

The War of the Eagles  
Eric Walters' story about a young boy growing up in British Columbia in the 1940's. He learns to deal with racism, world conflict and to be proud of his cultural heritage.  Order

Willow and Twig  
Abandoned by their mother, ten year old Willow and her four year old brother go to live with their grandmother.  The novel tells of their adjustment to this new life and a sense of security that neither has experienced before. By Jean Little.   Order

A Perfect Gentle Knight 
A game based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, helps the Bell children deal with the  grief following the death of their mother.  Problems arise when Sebastian, the eldest is unable to distinguish between the game and reality. Order

Seedfolks  
A collection of stories by Paul Fleischman about old and new immigrants living in an apartment building in Cleveland which has a vacant lot nearby where they start to plant a garden.  The whole novel shows that even working alone, people can make  difference to the world and society.  Order

Torn Away   
A young boy is caught up in the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland. Caught by the police he is sent to his uncle's home on Vancouver Island where he adjusts to a new way of life. Order

Day of Tears
This novel by Julius Lester was the winner of the 2006 Coretta Scott King Award.  Based on historical fact it tells of the largest slave auction ever held and its aftermath. Most of the book is told in the form of a script using dialogue and stage directions. These chapters are interspersed with Interludes in which the character recalls and thinks about the events.   Order

Daniel's Story
The story of a young Jewish boy from Germany who survives the horrors of the Holocaust, by Carol Matas.   Order

Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin finds himself in danger after the death of his mother and has many adventures as he flees across 14th Century England. The novel is written by Avi.  Order

Crispin At the Edge Of the World
Crispin and Bear leave Wexly, but are pursued by followers of the brotherhood who have declared Bear a traitor. A sequel to Crispin:The Cross of Lead   Order

Which Way Freedom?
The story of Obi, a young slave, who decides to make a break for freedom, even if it costs him his life.   Order

Lord of the Flies by William Golding     
This novel tells how a group of schoolboys react when they are stranded on a desert island without adult supervision.   Order

Walk Two Moons  by Sharon Creech
A young girl searches for answers following her mother's death.  There is also a parallel story of Phoebe whose mother leaves the family, but later returns.   Order

Lyddie  by Katherine Patterson
A young girl from Vermont is sent to work in the woolen mills of Lowell, Massachusetts.  This novel tells of the beginnings of the labor movement and makes reference to the abolitionist movement against slavery.   Order

A Wizard of Earthsea    by Ursula K. LeGuin
This is the story of a young man who is apprenticed to a wizard, where he discovers his true name and his destiny.  The first of four books in the Earthsea Cycle it is often compared with Tolkien's Middle Earth and C.S. Lewis's Narnia.   Order

Out of the Dark  by Welwyn Wilton Katz
A novel that mixes Viking folk lore with a modern story, it tells how Ben's interest in a Viking village helps him to adjust to his family's move to Newfoundland following his mother's murder.  Order

Awake and Dreaming  by Kit Pearson
This novel uses a blend of fantasy and reality to tell how Theo, from a poverty stricken, dysfunctional family comes to accept her family, and gives her hope for the future.  Order

Lost in the Barrens   by Farley Mowat
Two boys face a challenge when their canoe is destroyed.  They have to face the wilderness with no food, shelter or hope of rescue.  To survive, they build an igloo, battle a towering grizzly bear, track several wolves and slaughter caribou for food and clothing, before finding their way home.   Order

The Sky is Falling  by Kit Pearson
Norah and her younger brother, Gavin, are evacuated from England during World War II and sent to Canada. The novel tells how they adjust to the new way of life.  Order

Far North  by  Will Hobbs
Two boys survive winter in the Northwest Territories after their aircraft crashes.  Helped by a Dene elder they learn to build a shelter, hunt for food and learn to respect the beliefs of the native people.    Order

The Maestro  by Tim Wynne-Jones
Burl Crow runs away from his abusive father and meets the Maestro, an eccentric pianist and composer.  This encounter changes his outlook and encourages him to seek a better life.  Order

Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice  by Janet McNaughton
The story of a girl in Saint Johns, Newfoundland during World War ll and her friendship with a crippled boy who helps her to deal with the news that her father is missing in action, and how her life takes on new meaning.  Order

 To Dance at the Palais Royale    by Janet McNaughton
The story of a Scottish immigrant to Canada as a domestic worker, and her coming of age.   Order

After The War  by Carol Matas
The story of a young girl who survives the Holocaust and her search for a family and a new life in Israel.   Order

The Wild children  by Felice Holman
Alex, whose family have been taken away by the communists following civil war in Russia in 1917, finds a home with a group of homeless children.  He learns that in spite of oppression, poverty and hunger, goodness and kindness still exist.  Order

The Haunting of Frances Raine  (USA)  Who is Frances Raine?  (Canada)    by Margaret Buffie
Lizzie finds a pair of old spectacles that allow her to see into her grandmother's childhood.  This helps her to solve the difficulties she is experiencing with her own family in the present day.   Order

Forbidden City   by William Bell
Seventeen year old Alex accompanies his father , a camera man, to Beijing.  When Alex is separated from his father he is befriended by some students and witnesses the demonstrations and massacre in Tiananmen Square.   Order

Jacob I Have Loved  by Katherine Paterson
Set on a tiny island in the Chesapeake Bay in the 1940s, this is a story of sibling rivalry.  Louise feels inferior to her talented twin sister, Caroline, and is unable to recognise her own talents and strengths.  The novel also explores other relationships and focuses on how other people react to the sisters.   Order

Janey's Girl
Claire and her mother, Janey return to a small town in British Columbia, where Janey learns to come to terms with her past and Claire tries to adjust to a way of life quite different to the one she had in the city.  Novel by Gayle Friesen   Order

My Mother's Ghost 
The ghost of a young boy helps a family overcome their grief when they lose a child, by Margaret Buffie.   Order

Random Passage
The story revolves around the Andrews family who were exiled to Newfoundland and landed at Cape Random.   There was only one other family there, but through the process of the story, we see how the settlement grew amid trials and triumphs.  It is an exceptional look at life in the early days of Newfoundland's history.  Order

Notes From the Midnight Driver   by Jordan Sonnenblick
Following a car accident while drunk, seventeen year old Alex Gregory crashes on to a neighbors yard decapitating a garden gnome in the process.  At his court appearance he is sentenced to one hundred hours of community service and has to spend the time with an old man in a nursing home, with curious and unexpected results.   Order

Grades 9 - 12

The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico  
Phillip Rhayader is shunned by society after being rejected because of a deformity.  He befriends Frith when she brings an injured snow goose to him.  During World War II when British soldiers are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, Phillip makes many trips to help rescue them and is accompanied by the snow goose.  Order

A Night To Remember 
This is the story of the sinking of the Titanic and what happened when the largest passenger ship of the time struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank with the loss of many lives.  Walter Lord's book written as an historical novel is based on extensive research and interviews and is considered by many to be the definitive account of the tragedy.   Order

I Heard the Owl Call My Name 
A young minister learns about life, death and the power of love when he is sent to a native village in British Columbia.   Order

Night  by Elie Weisel  for Grades 11-12
This biographical novel is about the horror of a Nazi concentration camp as seen through the eyes of a young boy.  He endures the loss of his family and witnesses the brutality and degradation of life in the camp.  The novel also contains a strong message about how such things can be avoided in the future.   Order