| 1. | What did you like best? Least? |
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| 2. | What is the significance of the title? |
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| 3. | This book was a Printz Honor Book, meaning it was considered one of the very best books of the year. What is it that makes it stand out? |
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| 4. | What is significance about the voice / point of view of the book? |
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| 5. | Gantos talks about this book being a cautionary tale: how so and for whom? |
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| 6. | How does Gantos weave in the importance of books and writing? |
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| 7. | Is this a biography, memoir, or is it another genre: the life snapshot? |
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| 8. | How would have this story been different as a teen novel? |
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