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Great Book, but for Grade 6 (This is NOT a Grade 3 book!)
I am a parent looking to keep a book at home, to reinforce the studies at school. Otherwise, the book at school stays there and we have no clue what the child is learning.

Lemme get this out of the way first : This book is not for Grade 3, as is listed on Amazon (I have requested a correction after having purchased it!). It is a Grade 6 book. (Check this to confirm : http://www.amazon.com/Harcourt-Science-Grade-6/dp/B002Z077RW/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273507825&sr=1-7)

I see that none of the many sellers have bothered to clarify that, and I have received a book that is not suitable for my purposes. Of course, Harcourt needs to shoulder all the blame for this - nowhere in the entire book does it say which grade it is for - not a peep, no hints, whatsoever!!! Even better, it is well neigh impossible to search on Harcourt for books : you cannot get a straight answer from their website(s)- there are more than one. They have some online content, but it never refers back to the original School text book it is supposed to derive from. Convenient while creating content, but useless for users. You cannot even find which book they have published for any grade! Granted, they supply to all the states, but all the more reason to have a nice page listing the books, IBN #s, cover photos, TOC, etc for each grade, for each state! If it were not for Amazon, I'd not be able to get any Harcourt books at all!!!

Looking at the comments by some sellers, I think the real Grade 3 book might have a porcupine on it, but that's a guess.

As for the book itself, it is typical Harcourt - lots of effort in bringing the book together with tons of high-quality pictures and help for students. I do think that for a 6th grader, they could cut down on the 'cutesy' stuff somewhat and have more direct text. Don't dumb down science so much, at least not for middle schoolers!
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Chad and his family flee to a fort in the Tennessee wilderness to escape an attack by Chickamauga Indians, the presence of the family of a white renegade who joined the Indians causes additional tensions. ... Read more

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Son loves all William O'Steele books!
William O'Steele's historical fiction novels are exciting and educational.None will disappoint!Our son has read them over and over again since he was 9 years old (he's now 12.

Book Review of Flaming Arrows
The book I am reviewing is Flaming Arrows.Flaming Arrows is about a boy named Chad Rabun who lived in Tennessee.He and his family lived near the Indian tribe, called the Chickamauga who are practically at war with them.
The Chickamauga were starting to attack the settlers, so everyone in the area went to the fort that would protect them. A family, the Logans, was not treated well because their dad was a friend with the Chickamaugas.Most of the people called them traitors.In the story a fire breaks out in the fort because the Chickamaugas shot flaming arrows toward it.One Chickamauga attacked Chad but the hoofs of the horses running through the fort trampled the Indian.Chad almost shot another Indian from the Chickamauga tribe, but he forgot to load the barrel of his musket with powder.
I liked it when the Indians chased Chad, how much detail and action were written into the story.
I disliked parts of the story because the settlers killed alot of Indians.
Of a rating of 1-5 I would give it a 4 because the author had a lot of detail and describe the setting really well.

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Old, but still a great read
I just finished re-reading this book after having read it when I was a child.It is one of William Steele's classic frontier stories.The dialog is rich, the action is fast paced, the characters are fairlywell-constructed, and there is even a moral to this tale.Trapped byraiding Indians without much water in a small fort with his family and afew other frontier families, Chad's father stands up for the Logan family,a poor woman with a young son about Chad's age, and two smaller children. The woman's husband, called Traitor by the others who are sure that he isin cahoots with the Indians.The other settlers want to force the Loganfamily outside the fort but Chad's father, Raburn, won't allow it.Atfirst Chad is repelled by his father's standing up for this family of atraitor, but through the book he learns that it's not fair to judge orblame someone for what another person does - even if it's that person'sfather.Chad learns to follow his father's advice given near the beggingof the book and resolves to "think things through" before formingan opinion.Young readers might be forewarned that this book was writtenat a time when Indians were portrayed as enemies to the early settlers ofthe American wilderness.Violence and death are portrayed in the book, aswell as, heroism and bravery.For older readers who read these books asyoungsters, it's a very good read. ... Read more

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