Everything you need to understand or teach One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Chitra Divakaruni.
One Amazing Thing is a compelling work of psychological fiction that chronicles the inner evolution of nine strangers trapped in a basement together during an earthquake. Using first-person narration, Divakaruni traces the arc of her characters’ relationship with themselves, from fear and anger to acceptance and forgiveness. By accepting the inevitability of their own mortality, and learning to embrace the power of story, the characters in One Amazing Thing come to face their deepest inner truths and realize the importance of themes like love, family, and service to others.