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My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

Introductory Pages for My Side of the Mountain

Setting: The Catskills
Go to the Houghton Mifflin My Side of the Mountain Page

Student Pages about My Side of the Mountain

Animal and Plants of the Catskills
Surviving in the Wild
About Jean Craighead George
Chapter Summaries for My Side of the Mountain
Student Reviews
My Side of the Mountains Theme Essays

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Blood on the River

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by Elisa Carbonne

Student Pages about Blood on the River

Historical Facts about Jamestown
Blood on the River Vocabulary
Facts about the Blood on the River Characters
Facts about the Algonquian Indians
Living in 1607
The Colonial Period
Blood on the River Chapter Summaries
Blood on the River Projects
Blood on the River Visual Summary

Reading Resources

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Theme One: Nature's Fury

Theme Two: Give it All You've Got

Theme Three: Voices of the Revolution