Peeled by Joan Bauer

Characters
1. Elizabeth
2. Antagonist Piedmont
3. Baker
4. Zack
5. Protagonist Hildy
Conflict
1. THE PEEL vs. THE CORE
2. Ghost vs. Townspeople
3. Piedmont vs. Hildy
Key Text Passages
1. "I'm not writing there's a ghost until I have the facts that prove it. Mr. Loring said, 'If it's not an editorial, don't draw conclusions'" p. 43
2. ''It's a funny thing how fear grows. It moves like a virus, infecting person after person"' p. 126
Plot
1. When Hildy hears of a ghost committing murder, she is determined to find the truth.
2. Hildy discovers the mayor and the head of the local paper, Pen Piedmont, are in a scheme to remove residents off their land in order to build a haunted amusement park.
3. The mayor's involvement gets out and the people reject THE BEE in favor of Hildy's paper, THE PEEL. The park project and Piedmont both lose power.
Theme
1. Truth
2. Adventure
3. Endurance
4. Growing Up
Connections
1. Text to Self: I also don't like geting humiliated. It is hard to get over.
2. Text to Text: Christina's Ghost
3. Text to World: I agree word spreads fast in a small town.

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	Erstellt von 8th Grade ELA vor mehr als 7 Jahre