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Write a Diary Entry

Choose a marginal character such as Vanessa, for example. Then write a diary entry from that character's point of view after a particular scene within the novel's events.

Switch Eras

Take one part of the plot of Hurricane Season and write a short story in which you place these plot points in a different era than the one portrayed in Hurricane Season.

View Pictures of Places

Choose one of the real places depicted within the text and look at pictures of the site. Then write a short reflection about the experience of linking what you had imagined from the text with pictures of the real places Melchor includes in the narrative.

Consider Alternative Decisions

Choose one decision made by a particular character and discuss with a partner how things may have gone differently if your chosen character had made a different decision in that...

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