👤 CHARACTERS
This boy walks across Sudan searching for safety and water.
👉 Who is Salva? (A Long Walk to Water)
This African country is the setting of A Long Walk to Water.
👉 What is Sudan?
Adult Salva helps bring this resource to villages.
👉 What is clean water/wells?
Many of these novels focus on overcoming hardship.
👉 What is perseverance?
In Salva’s story, this represents survival and hope.
👉 What is water?
This girl receives mysterious notes connected to time travel.
👉 Who is Miranda? (When You Reach Me)
Mary Jemison is captured during the conflict between settlers and this group.
👉 Who are Native Americans/the Seneca? (Indian Captive)
Miranda slowly realizes the notes are connected to this unusual idea.
👉 What is time travel?
Walk Two Moons strongly teaches this lesson about understanding others.
👉 What is empathy?
The mysterious notes symbolize this idea in Miranda’s story.
👉 What is the connection across time/fate?
This young man struggles between revenge and forgiveness under Roman rule.
👉 Who is Daniel? (The Bronze Bow)
This ancient empire controls Daniel’s homeland.
👉 What is the Roman Empire? (The Bronze Bow)
Sal spends much of the novel trying to understand what happened to this person.
👉 Who is her mother? (Walk Two Moons)
Daniel learns this is stronger than revenge.
👉 What is forgiveness/love?
This object represents Daniel’s anger and vow for revenge.
👉 What is the bronze bow?
This free-born child in Canada learns courage and responsibility.
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👉 Who is Elijah? (Elijah of Buxton)
Joe Rantz competes in rowing during this decade.
👉 What are the 1930s? (The Boys in the Boat)
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Daniel’s understanding changes after meeting this teacher.
👉 Who is Jesus? (The Bronze Bow)
Several main characters mature and grow through difficult experiences. This is called this type of story.
👉 What is a coming-of-age story?
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The road trip in Walk Two Moons symbolizes this process for Sal.
👉 What is healing/acceptance/growth?
These grandparents travel with Sal across the country.
👉 Who are Gram and Gramps? (Walk Two Moons)
Buxton is important because it is a settlement for these people.
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👉 Who are formerly enslaved people/freedom seekers?
The rowing team competes in this major international event.
👉 What is the Olympics? (The Boys in the Boat)
The rowing team succeeds because the boys learn this important quality.
👉 What is teamwork/unity?
The boat in The Boys in the Boat becomes a symbol of this.
👉 What is teamwork/unity/perseverance?