Teachers who use this unit study will find the following features to supplement their own valuable ideas: sample lesson plans; pre-reading activities; a biographical sketch and picture of the author; book summary; vocabulary lists and suggested vocabulary activities. The chapters are grouped for study with each section including: quizzes, hands-on projects, cooperative learning activities cross-curriculum connections, extensions into the reader's own life, post-reading ideas; book report ideas; research Ideas; a final culminating activity; three different options for unit tests; bibliography; answer key. Grade Level 5-8