Everything you need to understand or teach City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende.
Alex is fifteen the year his mother becomes gravely ill. When Alex's father, John, finds possible treatment for his mom in Texas, Alex and his two sisters are told they'll be sent to stay with their grandmothers. Alex's sisters will stay with their mom's mother, Clara, but Alex is to go to Kate, his dad's mother. Alex is furious with the decision, saying that Clara will cook and take care of...
City of the Beasts Lesson Plans contain 117 pages of teaching material, including: