Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen*

*Newbery Winner
Marly and her family travel to her mother's family home to allow her father to recover from his service in the war.  The outdoors, maple sugaring and kind neighbors help her father find hope again plus unify the family  in new ways.
I love the description and celebration of nature.  Made me want to buy hundreds of acres of land so my boys could explore for hours!
Strategies/skills: inferring-character traits, character development, figurative language/word choice, summarizing
*highly recommend.
Guided Reading Level: R (fourth grade)
Grade Level Equivalent: 6.1