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Required Reading For Young Maine-iacs In Training
Not coincidentally, all of these books are set in the Pine Tree State.

For ages 4 to 8:
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney A family of 14 settle an island off the coast of Maine.
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey A tale of two young foragers.
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop A young girl operates a lighthouse for four weeks—solo.

For ages 9 to 12:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Perhaps the greatest barnyard tale of all time.
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Two boys-an American and a Native American-forge a friendship.
Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Joseph Egan Twelve-year-old Donn gets stuck alone on Mt. Katahdin—and survives.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin Rebecca grows up while living with her aunts in Riverboro.
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field A Maine-made doll and her travels.

For teens:
Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts A novel about the Rogers' Rangers' attack on a Native American village during the French-Indian War, and the group's search for the Northwest Passage.
The Canning Season by Polly Horvath A girl is sent to live with spinster aunts in a remote seaside Maine.
It by Stephen King A horror story about Mainers forced to confront their ghoulish childhoods.

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