Settin' Up the Setting

The website ReadWriteThink.org has a list of novels with particularly strong settings. Check the QMS library or the Mansfield Public library to find them. If you decide to read one, I would love for you to post some details about the setting of the book! Also, if you know of a book that has a great setting, please post the title and author.

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
The American Girl Series by various authors
Angel Spreads her Wings by Judy Delton
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Circus in the Woods by William Littlefield
Crispin by Avi
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Holes by Louis Sachar
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
The Magic Tree House Mystery Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Poppy by Avi
Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech