Avi

1. Who were the main characters in the book?

2. Give a brief summary of your book. Include DETAILS.

3. What was the problem?

4. How was the problem resolved?

5. What was the theme? Support your reasoning by giving examples of how the story showed the theme.

6. How can you connect to the theme?

WindCatcher

1. What did Tony want to buy with his newpaper money? Were his parents in favor of that?

2. What were the conditions Tony's parents laid out before they purchased the boat?

3. What happened on Tony's first sailing lesson?

4. What was interesting about Tony's grandfather's model boat? (hint--look back at the prologue)

5. Do you think there is a treasure? why or why not?

WindCatcher

1. What did Tony want to buy with his newpaper money? Were his parents in favor of that?

2. What were the conditions Tony's parents laid out before they purchased the boat?

3. What happened on Tony's first sailing lesson?

4. What was interesting about Tony's grandfather's model boat? (hint--look back at the prologue)

5. Do you think there is a treasure? why or why not?

Charlotte Doyle

1. Was Charlotte happy to be on the Seahawk? Why or why not?

2. What did Zaacharia give Charlotte? Where did she put it?

3. Why was Charlotte comforted by the captain?

4. When Charlotte tried to give Zachariah back the "dirk" how did he try and explain why they should be friends and what did he tell her about why she should keep it?

5. Based on the prologue and what has happened so far--predict what will happen.

Nothing But the Truth

1. Who is telling us the story?

2. Why can't Phillip be on the track team?

3. What did Mrs. Narwin ask for? Did she get it? Why or why not?

4. Why was Mrs. Narwin disappointed?

5. How do you think Phillip will do with his new homeroom teacher? Support your answer.

SOR Losers

1. Are the boys excited about their soccer team? Why or why not?

2. What was the first problem they had?

3. How bad did they lose their first game?

4. Who did Ed get as his partner in history class? Was he excited?

5. Why did Mr. Lester want to see Ed in his classroom? Was Ed pleased when he left? Why or why not?

MidNight Magic

1. Why did Fabrizio try to tell the soldier that Magnus was not a magician?

2. Why was Fabrizio so upset when he had to go tell his master that the soldier was there? Why did he think it was his fault?

3. What did the king want with Magnus?

4. go through the chapters you read and find at least 4 words with which you are not familar and tell me what they mean based on the context (in other words how they are used in the sentence).