Pulling Together by Dawn L. Watkins tells young Matthew’s story as he watches his father’s steadfast trust in God when a storm brings ruin to their small farm. In this Christian fiction Matthew determines to do his best to help his family even though he cannot bear to think that Dolly, one of their faithful workhorses, might have to be sold. This historical fiction in chapter book format is well suited to the newly independent reader.

Pulling Together is also the subject of an in-depth novel study, Reading 2, BJ BookLinks: Pulling Together from BJU Press.

An Accelerated Reader^® quiz is available from Renaissance Learning www.renlearn.com. AR quizzes provide diagnostic information for the conventional classroom teacher.