My Side of the Mountain

You can find plenty of staged and pseudo survival shows on television these days, but when your young reader needs to get off the couch and read about true human courage against all odds, we recommend one (or all) of these ten best wilderness survival books. Full of staggering and stirring adventures, each one takes place in the […]

Author Rob Buyea’s Because of Mr. Terupt, along with its sequels, Mr. Terupt Falls Again and Saving Mr. Terupt, immerse young readers in a middle school classroom filled with characters they’ll both recognize and relate to—from the new girl, to the bully, to the outcast—all of whom are navigating their way through the complicated, often painful world of adolescence. Buyea was a teacher […]