The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (1991, Paperback, Illustrated)

Absolute classic for your 3rd grader, if you are a teacher, have your entire class read this together as a Junior Great Book.

This was a beautifully written book. I read this book over and over and over with my kids. They loved it. It is a book mainly showing a father and daughter's quest to an unknown area and life. Building a home and settlement and then the father goes back to get the rest of the family. The father has befriended indians and he leaves his daughter with them because the trip back to get the rest of the family is too dangerous for her. It is set in the pioneer days and shows how life was like when settling. great book for getting involved and "putting yourself" in the story. I will most likely be reading this book many more times becase the kids loved it so much, as did I.