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    Close to Shore
      The author details the first shark attacks in American history along the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey in 1916. One reviewer thought the book would appeal to males especially. The suspenseful style makes the book read like a novel.
      Author: Michael Capuzzo HSE Descriptors: science | social studies

    Father Water, Mother Woods
      These essays recount Paulsen's adventures alone and with friends, along the rivers and in the woods of Northern Minnesota. Paulsen shows us fishing, hunting, and camping as pleasure, as art, as companionship, and as sources of lessons about life.
      Author: Paulsen, Gary

    Marven of the Great North Woods
      Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by ski to a logging camp in Minnesota to escape the diphtheria epidemic in the city of Duluth. He finds a niche for himself in very different cultural surroundings through the friendsh
      Author: Lasky, Kathryn

    My Name Is York
      York, a slave of Captain Clark, accompanies his master on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. An afterword gives additional biographical information and the end papers contain maps. The illustrations and language are especially evocative.
      Author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies

    North Country Night
      This easy-to-read and stunningly illustrated book shows what animals do at night in the North Country during the winter.
      Author: San Souci, Daniel HSE Descriptors: science | social studies

    Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
      Paulsen shares his love of the Iditarod and especially of Cookie, his primary lead dog, and her pups. Descriptions of how the pups learn are alternately amazing, touching, and hilarious.
      Author: Paulsen, Gary

    River of Dreams
      This beautiful book is a tribute to the Hudson River and its strategic, economic and cultural significance throughout history.
      Author: Talbot, Hudson HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing

    Rushmore
      This long, beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Mount Rushmore and the sculptor who oversaw its creation.
      Author: Curlee, Lynn HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Streams to the River, River to the Sea
      This is a fictional recounting of Sacagawea's association with Lewis and Clark. Although some Reading Group members were concerned about the accuracy of the portrayal, in the introduction, the author cites several references used in crafting the story.
      Author: O'Dell, Scott HSE Descriptors: social studies


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