Letting Swift River Go

1.     Author: Jane Yolen  Illustrated: Barbara Cooney

2.     Date of Publication. 1992

3.     Title. Letting Swift River Go

4.     ISBN # 0316968609

5.     Also, comment on what level the book is (what grade level) 2 and Up & Read Aloud

6.     What it is about: Sally Jane grew up in a small town sixty miles outside of Boston, Mass.  She spent her childhood along the banks of the Swift River.  Boston needed to make a reservoir.  Sally Jane was forced to leave her town.  Follow her story through this book.

7.     What you might be able to do with it in a class: You can have students, journal as if they were forced to leave Swift River or journal how they would feel if they had to leave their home.  You can also look at a map and see where reservoirs or at and to a lesson about reservoirs and other structures like dams.

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