Hickman, Janet

Book includes these parts: Beginnings: Understanding the uses of literature in the classroom--Strands: Celebrating books and authors in four genres--Patterns: Developing literature-based programs.

After her mother's death, fourteen-year-old Susannah is taken by her father to live in a Shaker community in Ohio, but she does not find the same sense of peace there that he does.

An account of twelve-year-old Angela's visit to help take care of her great-grandmother alternates with the story of the old woman's life.

Linnie eagerly awaits her tenth birthday because she is convinced her family plans to give her a dog, the only thing in the world she wants.

While his father is fighting in Europe, a young American boy, motivated by misguided patriotism, harasses an old man who has a German name.

As Ulf searches for a friend to ease his difficult life in the castle keep of a cruel king and queen and, in a very different time and place, Jeremy looks for adventure in the war games he plays with his best friend, the two boys are brought together by Jeremy's dog.