Stone Fox CH Book Mod 1 Lit. What is it?

Stone Fox

 

By:  John Reynolds Gardiner

Book Blog Module: 1

Module Descriptor and Page #: Literature:  What is it?  Pg. 12

A.    Author	John Reynolds Gardiner
B.     Title	Stone Fox
C.     Illustrator	Marcia Sewall
D.    Readability Score	3.2, Grades 3-5, Lexile: 550L
E.     Genre	Fiction
F.      Subgenre	Adventure
G.    Theme	Heroism and Bravery
H.    Primary and Secondary Characters	Little Willy –The boy in the story. Searchlight - Willy's loyal black dog. Grandfather - Willy's grandfather. Doc Smith - the town's only doctor. Stone Fox - a Native American resentful of White seizure of his people's land. Mr. Clifford Snyder - a tax collector who often smokes. Mr. Foster - the bank president who helps Willy with the paper work. Lester - a kind store clerk who runs Lester's general store. Dusty the Drunk - the town drunkard who tells Willy of Stone Fox.
I.       Awards/Date of Publication	1980
J.       Publishing Company	Scholastic, Inc.
K.    ISBN Number	978-0-439-09510-5
L.     Summary	Willy is a 10 year old boy who lives on a potato farm with his grandfather.  All through the story the grandfather seems sick and will not eat, get out of bed and poor Willy just does not know what to do.  Eventually Willy learns that his grandfather owes 10 years worth of taxes which adds up to about 500 dollars.  The only way Willy feels that he can help his grandfather keep the farm is to win the National Dogseld Race that is usually won by a legendary Indian man named Stone Fox.  Willy practice very hard and makes it to race day where he entails many challenges along the wall and his friend, pet, and dog Searchlight dies along the trail.  Did Willy win this race?  What happened to grandfather?
M.   Picture of Book Cover
N.    Usage with students	Prediction strategies can be used with Stone Fox. Literature Circle jobs are easily identified and used with Stone Fox. Students are able to read and understand at a 3rd Grade level and about. Character Analysis – describing character and compare and contrast beginning and ending of Stone Fox.