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Jennifer Chambliss BertmanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Bertman’s novel is about Emily’s struggle to solve the Book Scavenger puzzle, but it is also about her struggle to solve the “puzzle” of friendship. How does Emily’s ability to make and keep friends change over the course of this book?
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Teaching Suggestion: This prompt invites students to consider how Emily grows and changes during the course of the story. If your students are ready for terms like “static,” “dynamic,” “round,” and “flat,” you might introduce these and ask students to use them in their discussion of Emily’s growth. Bertman’s narrative stresses Emily’s initial failure to understand the need for reciprocal support in a friendship, and students will likely focus on this facet of friendship.