On Newland Avenue is a middle-grade novel available on Amazon. Key words are friendship, family, Chicago, history, Great Depression, moving. Story is useful as a read-aloud with the younger grades and read alone grade 4 and up (grade 3 for advanced learners). Combines literature and history._____________________________________________________Lesson plans include Social-Emotional Learning (friendship, family, loss, coming of age), Literary Analysis (plot diagram, static/dynamic characters, setti