# The Raft

**Author:** Jim LaMarche
**Grade range:** Grades 2–3
**Age range:** 7–8
**First published:** 2000
**Genre:** Sports Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780688139773`
**ISBN-10:** `0688139779`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-raft
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Reluctuant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.

## Themes

- grandmothers
- rafting (sports)
- rivers
- animals

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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