Summer Reading
Summer reading-Rising 6th graders need to read Hatchet and The River, both by Gary Paulsen. Both of these books are excellent and tie right into our outdoor education curriculum and will be used in the fall for our language arts curriculum. We are in the process of securing copies of the books but if you already have a copy, please feel free to start reading and let us know:
A city boy is stranded in the Canadian wilderness, equipped with nothing but a hatchet and the clothes on his back. Readers get a riveting view of Brian’s struggle to survive for the next two months, forever changing his attitude toward the twenty-first century civilization to which he is eventually returned.
In this exciting sequel to Hatchet, 15-year-old Brian Robeson, who survived alone in the wilderness for 54
days, returns to the wilderness at the request of a government survival school. This time, however, he won’t be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Afraid that Derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor, Brian’s only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post.