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Read-Alikes for
Windcatcher
by Avi
Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed Windcatcher. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other age-appropriate books by this author:
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| Captain Grey
| by Avi
| J AVI
| Following the Revolution, an 11-year-old boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own "nation," supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast.
| | Shadrach's Crossing
| by Avi
| J AVI
| Living on a poor island in 1932, a young boy determines, despite his family's bitter opposition, to identify and somehow bring to justice the liquor smugglers who have been terrorizing the island.
| | A Place Called Ugly
| by Avi
| J AVI
| At the end of the summer, 14-year-old Owen refuses to leave the beach house which has been his family's summer home for 10 years and which is scheduled for demolition.
| | Man from the Sky
| by Avi
| J AVI
| In an almost fool-proof scheme, a man parachutes from an airplane with a large amount of money, only to be seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the clouds.
| MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY:
Exciting stories of hidden treasure.
| | Ghost of Summer
| by Eve Bunting
| J BUN
| Searching for treasure hidden by an 18th century highwayman in northern Ireland, Kevin un-covers a clue, receives warnings to search no further, and brushes with the IRA.
| | The Treasure Bird
| by Peni R. Griffin
| J GRI
| With clues from a talking parrot, 10-year-old Jessy and her stepbrother Matt discover the where-abouts of a hidden treasure in Uncle Matthew's old house in Texas.
| | Island of the Great Yellow Ox
| by Walter Macken
| J MAC
| A terrifying storm washes Conor, his little brother, and two American friends up on to Ox Island where they become prisoners of the eccentric Lady Agnes who will stop at nothing to uncover the Druid Treasure.
| | The Day the Sea Rolled Back
| by Mickey Spillane
| J SPI
| A man and his 12-year-old son lose all hope of finding a sunken treasure in the Caribbean. Then one day a strange thing happens to the sea.
| | Teetoncey and Ben O'Neal
| by Theodore Taylor
| J TAY
| When the English girl Ben saved from a ship-wreck recovers her memory and reveals to him that two chests full of silver went down with the ship, Ben and his friends try to recover them without arousing suspicions.
| | Tom Tiddler's Ground
| by John Rowe Townsend
| J TOW
| Amid the backwater canals of an English industrial town, five children unravel a fifty-year-old mystery about a half-sunken canalboat and it's hidden treasure.
| | Perilous Gold
| by Leonard Wibberley
| J WIB
| | A young boy and his father use a two-man submarine to locate the wreck of a ship carrying miners' gold from the Klondike gold rush.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
June 1998.
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