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Scholastic BookFiles

These book companions help students understand their favorite novels better by examining plot, characters, setting, and more.

  • Grades: 3–5, 6–8
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Students will get more out of the books they read for school assignments by using these companions. Each “Scholastic BookFiles” reading guide helps students understand the novel by examining plot, setting, and characters, defining important words from the story, and providing questions for every chapter to help them think about what they’ve read.

The guides also include author interviews or in-depth bios, fun activities and topic ideas, and opinions about the book.

Download the BookFiles that accompany these popular books:

  • Bridge to Terabithia
  • Ella Enchanted
  • The Giver
  • Holes
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins
  • Julie of the Wolves
  • My Side of the Mountain
  • Out of the Dust
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall
  • Shiloh
  • Sounder
  • Tuck Everlasting
  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham
  • Where the Red Fern Grows
  • A Wrinkle in Time

  • Subjects:
    Main Idea and Details, Literature, Plot, Character, Setting
  • Skills:
    Main Idea and Details, Plot, Character and Setting
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