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New York Travelogue

Create a travelogue about upstate New York, the setting for this book. Be sure to include highlights of attractions, events and natural resources that will appeal to people considering a trip to this beautiful state.

Dinner with Russell Banks

Imagine that you could have dinner with Russell Banks and some of the characters from the book. Where would you have it? Who would you invite? What would you eat? What would you talk about?

Write a Song or Poem

Write a poem or song depicting some aspect of life in Sam Dent either before or after the school bus crash.

Banks' Laptop

Imagine that you could have a conversation with Banks' laptop. What do you think it would say? What questions would you ask?

Character Charades

Write the names of the characters from the novel on slips of paper and place them in a hat...

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