| 1. | How is this story different from other stories you have read? How is it the same? |
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| 2. | Do you relate to Jessie? Why or why not? |
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| 3. | What is a concrete poem? |
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| 4. | Have you ever made a big, BIG hair mistake? |
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| 5. | Do you have a wall? Who is on your side, and who is on the other side? |
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| 6. | How is Mondrian like high school? |
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| 7. | What is Jessie wearing to school, and why do you think her dad doesn’t like it? |
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| 8. | How are the concrete poems in this book different from other poems you’ve read? How are they the same? |
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| 9. | Where do you do all your important thinking? Why? |
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| 10. | What does “brains win over brawn” mean? |
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| 11. | Describe your style. What do you think it says about you? |
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| 12. | Why do you think Jessie and Natalie made up the H-U-P Song? Why wouldn’t Aunt Sophie like this song? |
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| 13. | Guardian angels or aliens? |
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| 14. | Can you describe your day in alphabetical order? |
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| 15. | What is a haiku? Can you write one to describe something really normal, like peanut butter or going to the dentist? |
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| 16. | Why do you think Jessie is allergic to time? |
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| 17. | How is being a rock musician different from being a classical musician? |
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| 18. | How did Jessie teach her cat to appreciate poetry? Why didn’t her English teacher appreciate her finished product? |
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| 19. | How is gossip like the game “Telephone”? |
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| 20. | Why is it a good idea to carry a poem in your pocket? |
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