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Characters
Figurative Language
Themes
Misc.
Author
100
Charlie's so-called "friend"
Who is Aaron?
100
For Lafayette, was "like a snake's skin"
Who is Mama?
100
The dialogue between Charlie and Aaron about the totem pole addresses this theme.
What is stereotyping?
100
The meaning of B to B.
What is brother to brother?
100
She wrote the book Miracle's Boys.
Who is Jacqueline Woodson?
200
Great aunt from South Carolina
Who is Cecile?
200
NewCharlie's change from kind and loving to cold and mean was compared to removing the center from what fruit?
What is a watermelon?
200
This theme is addressed through the absence of the boys' parents.
What is death/loss/grief?
200
Charlie used to pray to St. Francis for them.
Who are stray animals?
200
This one piece of research she did in writing Miracle's Boys.
What is legal issues with Ty'ree as legal guardian, hypothermia, or diabetes?
300
Sent away for two years
Who is Charlie?
300
The boys' burden of guilt is compared to having ________ on their backs.
What are monkeys?
300
This scene addressed the theme of 'forgiveness'.
What is Charlie and Lafayette on the stoop?
300
This was Ty'ree's secret.
What is he was there when his father at the lake when he got hypothermia.
300
The book Feathers addresses which culture?
What is deaf culture?
400
The mother to Charlie, Lafayette, and Ty'ree
Who is Milagros? (Who is Miracle's?)
400
She smelled like the candy part of candy apples
Who is Aunt Cecile?
400
A quote by the author Toni Morrison addressed this theme.
What is freedom?
400
This was Charlie's secret.
What is he robbed the store to buy tickets to Bayamon?
400
The author has ties to this system of routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom in the north.
What is the underground railroad?
500
Two of Lafayette's friends
Who are PJ and Smitty?
500
Described as a "skinny black Santa Clause"
Who is Dr. Vernon?
500
The ending of the book supports which theme?
What is family?
500
This was Lafayette's secret
What is Mama did wake up.
500
This is the reason the author gives for why some students are reluctant to read.
What is they can't identify or connect with the books they're reading?