We used this book last year (4th grade) for writing class. A friend who is a writer selected Learn to Write the Novel Way to use as the guide to teach novel writing to her daughter and my daughter. It was a great, fun curriculum which guided the girls through the writing process. Both girls wrote complete novels which were published by a small local publisher and are now available for purchase.

In my eleven years of homeschooling, I've not found a writing curriculum as wonderfully written, and as fun, as Carole Thaxton's "Learn to Write the Novel Way." My l4-yr old is having a great time with it and I am extremely pleased with the tools and techniques provided in the book that can help her through those difficult stages of creating a story. Bravo, Ms. Thaxton!!!