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Essay Topic 1
To what extent can the protagonist be read as a stand-in for the author? What in the text and its contexts suggests as much, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
The narrative remarks on several attempts by the protagonist to go into sport, and other sports than those mentioned are generally available to middle school students. Thus, there is significance to the protagonist going into track. How might the novel change had the protagonist gone into a different athletic activity, such as softball or cheerleading, and why would it change in such ways?
Essay Topic 3
At the beginning of Chapter 5, Shayla muses on enjoying lockers in part because they facilitate her “pretending [she is] an international jewel thief” (24). Why might such a “good-girl” character enjoy such pretense? What in the novel and in experience suggest as much, and how do they do so?
Essay Topic 4
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