We've listed several themes, topics, and other connections appropriate for
class work and discussion. The Thematic Connections in each guide contain
activities related to the individual title which can also be used to extend
beyond the book.
Abandonment
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Acceptance
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Taming the Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton
Challenges
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite de Angeli
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Last Safe Place on Earth / Richard Peck
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
Choices
North By Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad / Katherine Ayres
Communication
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
The House You Pass on the Way / Jacqueline Woodson
In the Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
Ola Shakes It Up / Joanne Hyppolite, ill. Warren Chang
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express / Andrew Glass
Community and Teamwork
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Courage and Honor
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
Downriver / Will Hobbs
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / E.L. Konigsburg
Gib Rides Home / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Images of War
The Invisible Princess / Faith Ringgold
Ironman / Chris Crutcher
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O'Dell
Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet / Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters / Madeleine L'Engle
North By Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad / Katherine Ayres
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
Soldier's Heart / Gary Paulsen
The Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express / Andrew Glass
A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L'Engle
Under the Blood-Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
Vampire Bugs: Stories Conjured from the Past / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
A Wind in the Door / Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle
Customs and Traditions
Amy's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Beth's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Ellis Island Trilogy / Joan Lowery Nixon
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O'Dell
Jo's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Land of Dreams / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Hope / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Meg's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Portraits of Little Women / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Under the Blood-Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
Death and Dying
The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto / Translated by Cathy Hirano
On My Honor / Marion Dane Bauer
The Pigman / Paul Zindel
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet: The Contemporary Film, The Classic Play / William Shakespeare
Family and Relationships
Another Way to Dance / Martha Southgate
Belle Prater's Boy / Ruth White
A Blessing in Disguise / Eleanora E. Tate
Burning Up / Caroline B. Cooney
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Cricket in Times Square / George Selden
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Dear Great American Writers School / Sherry Bunin
The Divide / Michael Bedard
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite de Angeli
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto / Translated by Cathy Hirano
Friends and Amigos / Patricia Reilly Giff
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / E.L. Konigsburg
The Giver / Lois Lowry
Good Dog, Bonita / Patricia Reilly Giff
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Happy Birthday, Anna, ¡Sorpresa! / Patricia Reilly Giff
Ho, Ho, Benjamin, Feliz Navidad / Patricia Reilly Giff
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Jacqueline Woodson
Images of War
In the Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Ironman / Chris Crutcher
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O'Dell
It's a Fiesta, Benjamin / Patricia Reilly Giff
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns / Mary Quattlebaum
Journey / Patricia MacLachlan
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Last Safe Place on Earth / Richard Peck
Lena / Jacqueline Woodson
Lily's Crossing / Patricia Reilly Giff
Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet / Madeleine L'Engle
Many Waters / Madeleine L'Engle
On My Honor / Marion Dane Bauer
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Pigman / Paul Zindel
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Satchmo's Blues / Alan Schroeder
Say Hola, Sarah / Patricia Reilly Giff
Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon
Seth and Samona / Joanne Hyppolite
Shiloh / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Spite Fences / Trudy Krisher
Summer of the Monkeys / Wilson Rawls
A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Madeleine L'Engle
Taming the Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Novels of Scott O'Dell / Scott O'Dell
Vampire Bugs: Stories Conjured from the Past / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
The War With Grandpa / Robert Kimmel Smith
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis
Where the Red Fern Grows / Wilson Rawls
A Wind in the Door / Madeleine L'Engle
The Witch of Blackbird Pond / Elizabeth George Speare
A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton
Friendship
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
Another Way to Dance / Martha Southgate
Bell Prater's Boy / Ruth White
Cat Running / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Cricket in Times Square / George Selden
Downriver / Will Hobbs
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto / Translated by Cathy Hirano
Gib Rides Home / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The House You Pass on the Way / Jacqueline Woodson
If I Forget, You Remember /Carol Lynch Williams
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Jacqueline Woodson
Images of War
Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns / Mary Quattlebaum
The Last Mission / Harry Mazer
Lily's Crossing / Patricia Reilly Giff
On My Honor / Marion Dane Bauer
The Pigman / Paul Zindel
Dear Great American Writers School / Sherry Bunin
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon
Seth and Samona / Joanne Hyppolite
Shiloh / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare
The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox
Spite Fences / Trudy Krisher
Under the Blood-Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 / Christopher Paul Curtis
The World of Daughter McGuire / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Genealogy
Search for the Shadowman / Joan Lowery Nixon
The World of Daughter McGuire / Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Health
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Heroes
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
Call Me Francis Tucket / Gary Paulsen
Downriver / Will Hobbs
Images of War
The Last Mission / Harry Mazer
Mr. Tucket / Gary Paulsen
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Satchmo's Blues / Alan Schroeder
Seth and Samona / Joanne Hyppolite
The Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express / Andrew Glass
Taming the Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Tucket Adventures / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Ride / Gary Paulsen
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton
Honesty
Lily's Crossing / Patricia Reilly Giff
On My Honor / Marion Dane Bauer
Shiloh / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Witch of Blackbird Pond / Elizabeth George Speare
Making Choices
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
Amy's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Beth's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Blessing in Disguise / Eleanora E. Tate
The Brian Novels / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Downriver / Will Hobbs
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
Jo's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
Meg's Story / Susan Beth Pfeffer
North By Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad / Katherine Ayres
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
Portraits of Little Women / Susan Beth Pfeffer
The River / Gary Paulsen
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
The Novels of Scott O'Dell / Scott O'Dell
Memories
The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto / Translated by Cathy Hirano
The Giver / Lois Lowry
Journey / Patricia MacLachlan
Missing May / Cynthia Rylant
Mysteries
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Peer Pressure
The Egypt Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Jacqueline Woodson
The Last Safe Place on Earth / Richard Peck
The War With Grandpa / Robert Kimmel Smith
Prejudice
Another Way to Dance / Martha Southgate
Burning Up / Caroline B. Cooney
Cat Running / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Dear Great American Writers School / Sherry Bunin
The Ellis Island Trilogy / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Friendship & The Gold Cadillac / Mildred D. Taylor
The House You Pass on the Way / Jacqueline Woodson
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This / Jacqueline Woodson
Images of War
Ironman / Chris Crutcher
Land of Dreams / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Hope / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Nightjohn / Gary Paulsen
The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox
Spite Fences / Trudy Krisher
Under the Blood-Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
The Witch of Blackbird Pond / Elizabeth George Speare
Responsibility
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
A Blessing in Disguise / Eleanora E. Tate
Burning Up / Caroline B. Cooney
Caught in the Act / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Dangerous Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
Downriver / Will Hobbs
Driver's Ed / Caroline B. Cooney
The Ellis Island Trilogy / Joan Lowery Nixon
A Family Apart / Joan Lowery Nixon
In the Face of Danger / Joan Lowery Nixon
Keeping Secrets / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Dreams / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Hope / Joan Lowery Nixon
Land of Promise / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Orphan Train Adventures / Joan Lowery Nixon
The Pigman / Paul Zindel
A Place to Belong / Joan Lowery Nixon
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
Shiloh / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Summer of the Monkeys / Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows / Wilson Rawls
Self-Discovery
Another Way to Dance / Martha Southgate
The Brian Novels / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen
Cat Running / Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Chocolate Fever / Robert Kimmel Smith
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite de Angeli
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / E.L. Konigsburg
The River / Gary Paulsen
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Taming the Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton
Self-Esteem
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite de Angeli
The Friendship & The Gold Cadillac / Mildred D. Taylor
Rumble Fish / S.E. Hinton
Satchmo's Blues / Alan Schroeder
Taming the Star Runner / S.E. Hinton
Tex / S.E. Hinton
The Young Adult Novels of S.E. Hinton / S.E. Hinton
Survival
The Adventure Novels of Will Hobbs / Will Hobbs
The Brian Novels / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen
Call Me Francis Tucket / Gary Paulsen
Downriver / Will Hobbs
Island of the Blue Dolphins / Scott O'Dell
Lena / Jacqueline Woodson
Mr. Tucket / Gary Paulsen
The River / Gary Paulsen
River Thunder / Will Hobbs
The Sign of the Beaver / Elizabeth George Speare
The Slave Dancer / Paula Fox
The Tucket Adventures / Gary Paulsen
Tucket's Ride / Gary Paulsen
Under the Blood-Red Sun / Graham Salisbury
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