Where Roads Diverge – Grade 8 Reader

Table of Contents:
Poem: The Road Not Taken
THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE
Not for the Faint-Hearted
Over the Snake’s Back
The Wild Geese of Wyndygoul
Alf Brownson’s Shilling
The Bad Temper
After Many Days
Three Visitors in the Night, Part 1
Three Visitors in the Night, Part 2
Poem: Discipline
Poem: The Right Kind of People
EVERY GOOD GIFT
This Farm for Sale
Poem: Vermont
It Will Do Fine
Farewell to the Giants
Poem: The Wild Horses
Poem: The Wolf Cry
Poem: I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing
Poem: Father
Nature’s Jackhammer
When the Frost Comes
The Thanksgiving Baskets
THE GIFTS OF LOVE
A Gift of Love
The Sheaf of Grain
Babushka’s Gifts
The Seven Kingdoms and the Hidden Spring
By Loving Man You Honor God
Going for Charlie
The Silver Peso
The Boy Who Couldn’t Be Saved, Part 1
The Boy Who Couldn’t Be Saved, Part 2
Poem: Penniless
My Brother
HOLD FAST YOUR DREAMS
The Iron Shells
The Countess and the Impossible
Poem: Hold Fast Your Dreams
Rain Up From the Earth
Poem: The Germ
Poem: The Curate and the Mulberry Tree
Champion Fire ‘n’ Feather
Poem: The Owl Critic
After Twenty Years
On the Roof of the World
The Gang-of-the-Cat-Who-Goes-Fishing, Part 1
The Gang-of-the-Cat-Who-Goes-Fishing, Part 2
INTEGRITY
Their Word of Honor
The Bishop’s Chairs
Catherine and the Winter Wheat
A Man Who Had No Eyes
News From Nicaragua
Poem: Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Danger in the Deep
God Sees the Truth, but Waits
For Such a Time as This, Part 1
For Such a Time as This, Part 2