Re: [LM_NET] SEC: Alternative to My Antonia

[Lois Harrison <HarrisoL@QACPS.K12.MD.US>]

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Newbery Honor Medal Winner) - would be
great for any kids not reading on 10th gr rdg level 289 pages

Lois P. Harrison,
School Library Media Specialist
Matapeake Middle School &
Kent Island High School Gr 9
671 Romancoke Road
Stevensville, Maryland  21666
410-643-7330 ext 2212
410-643-7445 FAX
harrisol@qacps.k12.md.us

>>> Bob Hicks <bob.hicks@USD470.COM> 12/15/2009 2:25:53 PM >>>
I would suggest the following:

Giants In The Earth by Rolvaag (1927)--about upper midwest immigrant  
farmers/pioneers
The Way West by A.B. Guthrie (1950)--Pulitzer Prize--about travel  
Westward on the Oregon Trail
The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter (1936)--epic conflict between  
ranchers and sodbusters
Travels Of Jamie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor (1959)--won  
Pulitzer--Huck traveling West
Buffalo Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson (1977)--both woman and native  
american points of view
       as West seen through life from 1820-1877.
By more contemporary authors
Home Mountain by Jeanne Williams (1990)--16 year old main character in 

southwest frontier
Out Of Eden by Kate Lehrer (1996)--reminds one of Edith Wharton and  
Cather or cross between
    Jane Austen and Little House
Night Birds by Thomas Maltman (2007)--immigrant Minnesota farmers/ 
pioneers plus Native-
    Americans--both pioneer motifs plus exemplifies contemporary
author

Bob Hicks
Arkansas City High School Library
Arkansas City, KS 67005
bob.hicks@usd470.com 


On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Joan Temple wrote:

> Hi All,
> &nbsp;
> Our 10th grade American Studies teachers are looking for a novel  
> about westward expansion and/or pioneer life as an alternative to My
> Antonia, which they have taught for the past few years.&nbsp; It  
> should be less than 400 pages and written at around the 10th grade  
> reading
> level.&nbsp; Any ideas?&nbsp; Thanks for any help you can send my
way!
>
> Joan Temple
> Library Media Specialist (Grades 6-12)
> Shepaug Valley School
> 159 South Street
> Washington, CT 06793
>
> 860-868-6232
> templej@region-12.org 
>
> Currently reading: The Yard Dog by Sheldon Russell
>
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