READING LEVEL: 4.0 TO 5.0

INTEREST LEVEL: YA

GUIDED READING LEVEL: Q to V

 

10 Books (1 each of 10 titles) Plus Teacher's Resource Guide

 

The series follows the adventurous and spirited Barclay Family. Follow the family on easy-to-read journeys that feature interesting facts about history, geography, and science. Each novel contains an element of mystery and suspense, is 64-pages, and includes comprehension questions at the end of each book.

 

The 48-page Teacher's Resource Guide includes answers to the comprehension questions found at the end of each novel, teaching tips, plus 40 reproducible worksheets.

 

Titles include:

 

The kids are thrilled to be visiting their dad in exotic Brazil. But their trip takes a nosedive when their boat crashes on to the Amazon.

 

When Jim becomes a certified scuba diva, Paul rewards him with a diving adventure of the coast of Florida.

 

Paul and the kids are headed for a vacation in California, but along the way their little Beechcraft is hit by lightning and forced to land in the desert.

 

Paul assures the boys that a fishing trip to Montana will be fun, but they didn't count on a face-to-face meeting with a bear-let alone a terrifying forest fire.

 

An old friend invites Paul and the boys to Alaska for some fishing. It is a dream trip until hijackers take over their fishing boat.

Paul and the kids are peacefully cruising the Bahamas. Then a sudden storm recks their 42-foot sailboat, and they are set adrift on a life raft.

 

Even before the Barclays reach their skiing destination in the Grand Tetons a blizzard comes out of nowhere, their car crashes, and Paul breaks his ankle.

 

The small Kansas town seems pretty boring-until giant hailstones start pelting down from the darkening sky.

The Rockdale football team is about to play for the state championship. But their star play, Jim Barclay, has disappeared.