The Common Core Standards state that students leaving high school should be able to “read and comprehend complex literary …texts independently and proficiently.” The Junior Library Guild classifies Genuine Fraud as HIH+: high interest high school reading level, good for reluctant readers. Genuine Fraud contains many elements of the textual complexity alluded to in the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy ( ELA Appendix A). Here’s a video I made for my Australian publisher about the book. The Random House teacher’s guide for Again Again has pre-reading activities, discussion questions, creative exercises, suggested companion reads and info on common core standards as they relate to the book.

What can graphic novels do that other literary forms cannot? You might consider page turns, the passage of time and what happens in the space in-between pictures. Graphic novels used to be considered 'not real books.' Now, their creators have won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. What does she get from each of them? At the end, how have they changed her?ĭo you think Willow’s relationship with Garfield can survive the fact that she is keeping secrets from him? Why or why not? (Hint: search Garfield Logan on the internet!) Willow has three mentor figures: her mother, Pammie and E.

What are they? Why do you think Lockhart included that character? You might consider pages 107-113. The villain Killer Croc has some parallels to Whistle. How do these two characters bring their religious identities to the project of heroism? Kamala Khan is the first Muslim superhero. How does the area’s Jewish history make its way into Willow’s story? How does she, as a character, relate to that history?Ĭompare Whistle to Ms. The neighborhood of Down River used to house 500 synagogues. What are they? How do the changes to her exterior affect her interior? Willow goes through several physical transformations in the book. What do you think of her costume and how does it relate to the storyline about her makeover for Poker Night, pages 75-78? How do other female heroes dress? Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Arsenic, Ms.

Maybe this is especially an issue for a female-identified hero. Willow has challenges figuring out a superhero costume, pages 154-155.

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