This guide, designed for use in upper elementary and junior high classrooms focuses on literary works by authors Cynthia Voigt, Elizabeth George Spear, Katherine Paterson, and Marguerite Henry, as a means of developing map skills and exploring the roads, towns, homes, landscapes, and eras of the authors. The geographic setting of each story is described and relevant activities are given. These activities encourage interdisciplinary learning in social studies, history, literature, and geography. Eastern seaboard locations include: Chincoteague and Assateague Islands, Virginia; Wethersfield, Connecticut; Crisfield, Maryland; and Smith and Tangier Islands in the Chesapeake Bay. Photographs, maps, drawings, book summaries, information about the featured authors, discussion questions, and reading lists are included. (MM)