| 1. | What is a graphic novel? |
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| 2. | Have you ever read a graphic novel before? What did you like? What didn’t you like? How is reading a graphic novel different from reading a regular book? |
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| 3. | Describe the main characters. Which one is most like you? |
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| 4. | What is your favorite subject? |
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| 5. | Does Julian fit in at his new school? Why or why not? How did he try to fit in, and why did it backfire? |
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| 6. | Why do you think the whole school is afraid of Greta? |
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| 7. | Did you notice anything about the names of Julian and his siblings? What are they (and the dog) named for? |
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| 8. | What is in Julian’s room? Does your room look anything like that? |
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| 9. | Why do you think Dr. Stringer treated Julian the way he did? |
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| 10. | Who sent Julian the message in code? Why? |
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| 11. | How did Greta trick Julian into revealing how much he knew about science? |
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| 12. | Describe the secret hideout of the Secret Science Alliance. If you had a secret hideout, what would be in it? |
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| 13. | Why did Ben and Greta decide to let Julian in on their secret activities? If you had a secret club, how would you choose members? |
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| 14. | Why wouldn’t the Kablovsky Copter fly? |
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| 15. | Why do you think Julian invents so many pranks? |
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| 16. | Where did the Hover Hook end up after Greta lost control of it? Why was this a bad thing? |
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| 17. | What is a humoridor? Do you think it really works? |
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| 18. | Why did Kablovsky always wear a hat? Do you have something you carry for luck? What is it, and why is it lucky? |
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| 19. | What happened to the Science Alliance’s invention notebook? How did they find out about it? |
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| 20. | Describe the steps in the plan to retrieve the invention notebook. |
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