Vocabulary
The beliefs and principles that are most important to a person or group and guide how they act.
What are Values?
The school Merci will attend.
What is Seaward Pines?
The first elf name that Samantha chooses.
What is Sparkles?
The friend Santosh makes at the end of the story.
Who is Tomas?
A group of people who live in the same area or share common interests, values, or goals.
What is a Community?
The things a person or group chooses to focus on first because they matter most.
What are Priorities?
A neighbor who died at the beginning of the story.
Who is Dona Rosa?
The U.S. state that Blade is from.
What is California?
The country where the story is set.
What is Spain?
The Looney Tunes character that the narrator calls Mitch Brockman.
Who is Tweety Bird?
The quality of being honest and doing the right thing even when no one is watching
What is Integrity?
The city that the story is set.
What is Miami, Florida?
What is a Makeup Bag?
The college Santosh plans on attending.
What is Harvard?
A particular way of thinking about or understanding something, shaped by experiences.
What is Perspective?
Something a person believes to be true without having proof or having the facts first.
What is an Assumption?
The name of Merci's neighborhood.
What is Emerald Isles?
The image on the shoelaces.
What are Skulls?
The outfit Nani wears to the beach.
What is a fur coat?
The most incredible 4th grader who has ever lived.
(From the story "Popularity")
Who is Sean Owens?
The ability to understand and share the same feelings as a person.
What is Empathy?
The board game Roli always wanted to play with Merci when they were young.
What is Operation?
Samantha's teacher's name.
Who is Ms. Lee?
Santosh's favorite movie.
What is Jurassic Park?
To have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.
What is Influence?