Novel Guides--Pacific Northwest Journeys of Discovery

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	Unit I: Adelaide Sutton Gilbert
	Unit II: Ole Ruud
	Unit III: Elinore Pruitt Stewart

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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.

Esperanza Rising
by Pam Munoz Ryan

Esperanza Rising

Esperanza and her family are living a life of luxury in Mexico. One event changes all of this, and Esperanza’s family is forced to leave its home and country for a new life in a strange new country.
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

By the Shores of Silver Lake

The Ingalls family is currently living at Plum Creek. Pa is offered a great job opportunity in the Dakota Territory. There he will work in a railroad town as a store clerk…The family rides a train for the first time and moves to the unsettled area on the shores of Silver Lake.
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Dragon's Gate
by Laurence Yep

Dragon's Gate

Dragon’s Gate begins when Otter's adoptive father and his Uncle Foxfire return to China from the Golden Mountain. Otter desperately wishes to join them as they prepare to once again journey to America where they will build a tunnel through the mountains for the transcontinental railroad.
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