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In a recent Pew Internet study called How Teens Do Research the Digital World, AP and National Writing Project teachers said that one of educators’ top priorities should be to teach students how to “judge the quality of online information.” The study reports that 95 percent of our students do online research, but their research skills are only good or fair. Also, for many students, doing research means Googling. Many students see research as a fast-paced process in which they [...]
In 1871, in the town of Placid, WI, 13-year-old Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: One Came Homeher uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn’t have said, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of “pigeoners,” who follow the migration of passenger pigeons. When the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha’s blue-green ballroom gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She’ll track down every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with her resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie isn’t prepared for what she faces on the Western frontier.
