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Molly and Kip are orphans trying to survive in England during the Irish famine. They take work as servants at the Windsor manner, though they are warned that sinister things happen there and that it is haunted by a night gardener.
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Our school was lucky enough to be able to host Newbery-award winning author Katherine Applegate on Friday, October 2nd. We had so much fun working together to prepare for this exciting event! Many of us are now reading her new book, Crenshaw. This can be a place for us to have online book club discussions about the book! I will post the first set of questions for discussion. Classes, families, or individual students can reply to this post with a comment. You can answer my questions, and/or post your own questions for discussion that others can respond to! At the beginning of Crenshaw, Katherine Applegate describes the cat surfing and holding a "bumbershoot". I love interesting words. They capture my attention and keep me engaged in what I'm reading. This was a new word to me! I hadn't heard it before reading this book, and I loved the way it rolled around in my ears. That word was what first hooked me on this book. Is there anything about Crenshaw that is surprising or new to you? Is there anything particular about it that makes you want to keep reading? Post your comments below! We've been talking a lot about The One and Only Ivan at DDE lately! I've shared with almost all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students that this is one of my FAVORITE books of all time. Several teachers are reading this book to their classes in preparation of Katherine Applegate's visit to our school on October 2nd. So, it seems fitting that this book should be our first community book club selection on our blog! I'll start things off by posing a few basic discussion questions. Students, parents, teachers, families, or entire classes can share their answers by posting a comment below. You can also write your own questions for the rest of us to ponder and answer to keep the discussion going. Here are my questions: 1. On the very first page of the book, Ivan states that being a gorilla is "not as easy as it looks". Do you think that gorillas (or other animals) have easier lives than humans? Why might Ivan's life not be "as easy as it looks?" 2. Is there anything about this book that "hooks" you as a reader? What made you want to read it? Were you drawn into the story right away? What does the author do that makes you want to keep reading? |
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