Amish Adventure is a captivating story of a young twelve year old boy, named Ian McDonald from Chicago who, because of a tragic accident, spends an extended stay with an Amish family in Waterloo County near Kitchener, Ontario. Novel by Barbara Smucker. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 69 pages.

Phillip, an American boy, lived with his parents on the Dutch island of Curacao, off the coast of Venezuela during World War II. Phillips mother, who disliked living with people of other races, was determined to return to the United States. They leave for Florida but are torpedoed and sunk, they are separated. Phillip miraculously floats by raft with a black man named Timothy to a remote island. Timothy helps Phillip with his injuries while Phil tries to come to terms with the prejudicial attitudes he has learned from his family. Novel by Theodore Taylor. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 64 pages.

Set in 1865 in the Swiss village of Krutal, sixteen-year old Rudi Matt is the main character, He is the only son of Isle and the famous alpine guide Josef Matt. Josef died fifteen years before the story begins on an unsuccessful attempt to climb the mountain known as the Citadel. Since that time, the mountain has stood unconquered and no one on Kurtal believes it will ever be climbed. Rudi believes that it can be and that he is the one to climb it. Novel by James Ramsey Ullman. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 64 pages.