Periodically, newspapers serialize stories, publishing them chapter by chapter. Contact your newspapers to find out if they publish stories or other youth features.
North Carolina stories All chapters of three stories about North Carolina (Molly’s “Beaufort Town,” Where is the Lost Colony? and Behind the High Board Fence) are published below. Click on the title to read the story or scroll down to find all stories and supplementary teaching guides.The six-chapter story, published below, draws on information available through the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. Each chapter includes an activity.
Writer and editor, Sandy Semans provided background information about Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth, John White, Virginia and North Carolina, the Croatans, Manteo and the outdoor drama (Fast Facts) and about the Ocracoke Inlet and other inlets on the Outer Banks that “have come and gone.” Crystal Willis designed the chapters; Aleah Howell provided the sketch of Justin. Full Book PDF Chapter 1—Time to ‘sleep’ on it Chapter 2—Hail to the Queen! Chapter 3—Longing for Virginia Dare Chapter 4—Clue not enough to solve mystery Chapter 5—Manteo, man of few words Chapter 6—‘You sleep on it’ Background information: 1. Fast Facts 2. Outer BanksAll sixteen chapters of this story are available below to teachers, parents and young readers.
Behind the High Board Fence offers short stories about the Sharp family, told from young Helen Sharp's perspective. The story explores ways she grows and changes, the lessons she learns and the hope she carries into the future.
Who is Helen? In real life, she is the author's mother who shared the stories with her daughter.
Crystal Willis designed the half-page chapters and the Full Book PDF; Thorne Worsley illustrated the chapters.
Chapter One (half page)--The Sharps earn their way
Chapter Two (half page)--Cal and Joe sell newspapers
Chapter Three (half page)--Helen steps out
Chapter Four (half page)--Red paper reads 'quarantine'
Chapter Five (half page)--Cal breathes
Chapter Six (half page)--Helen plays with fire
Chapter Seven (half page)--Helen feels better
Chapter Eight (half page)--Textiles come to town
Chapter Nine (half page)--Girls fill bucket
Chapter Ten (half page)--Sharps ride streetcar
Chapter Eleven (half page)--What's in the store?!!
Chapter Twelve (half page)--Ruthie meets 'one caring person'
Chapter Thirteen (half page)--The Sharps receive gifts
Chapter Fourteen (half page)--Papa suffers accident
Chapter Fifteen (half page)--Papa walks
Chapter Sixteen (half page)--Helen views from perch
Teaching guides, graphic organizers and more are available to support the use of this story.