The Legend of Red Horse Cavern by: Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen delivered again with another great children's novel. This book was very intriguing and tells a tail of Will and Sarah's journey into an eerie cave and their adventures while inside. His word usage and sentence structure are great and will definitely challenge kids while still holding their attention. His novels usually follow a similar format with lots of relatively short paragraphs which holds true in this short novel. This can be an effective method because I remember being in elementary school and being proud that I just read a book with 10 or more chapters. It keeps the child interested because they feel a sense of accomplishment every time they finish a chapter. I recommend this book to older elementary school students and think this and other Gary Paulsen classics are great to teach children how to analyze books and do reports on them. A good read with steady flow and enough mystery to keep even the most advanced children interested.