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Novel Guides provide application and comprehension exercises for students using popular young adult literature.
The literature was carefully chosen to relate to the time period and events found in the Journeys Curriculum. Educators can incorporate each novel and corresponding Novel Guide into the Journeys Curriculum to assist students in understanding Pacific Northwest exploration.
 
 
By the Great Horn Spoon
by Sid Fleischman
The Journey begins … Jack and Praiseworthy stow away in the cargo hold of the ship Lady Wilma. Experience life aboard a ship on the way to the gold fields.
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Jason's Gold
by Will Hobbs
Jason is a newspaper vendor on the streets of New York. Ten months before, Jason had been living in Seattle with his brothers. That was before this fifteen year old had decided to seek his fortune.
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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
by Scott O'Dell and Elizabeth Hall

A young Indian girl and her family struggle to come to grips with the white man’s desires. The story begins as the great Chief Joseph and his brother are being told to move their Nez Perce people to a reservation in Lapwai.
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