Peeled by Joan Bauer

Theme
1. hard work
2. persistence
3. endurance
4. coming of age
Plot
1. The Peel uncovered a major town scandal: mayor and Pen Piedmont force citizens off their land to build a haunted-themed amusement park.
2. There were sights of a ghost in the haunted Ludlow house and the ghost was suspected for murder.
3. The amusement park was shut down and they continue writing The Peel.
Conflict
1. The Bee v. The Core
2. Pen Piedmont v. Hildy Biddle
Characters
1. Hildy Biddle
2. Zack
3. Pen Piedmont
4. Protagonist: The Core (Hildy Biddle)
5. Antagonist: The Bee (Pen Piedmont)
Key Quotes
1. "Fear changes people"-page 17
2. "You don't understand how much light you have until the light goes out."-page 188
3. "When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something that you know you were designed to do, well, its worth getting a few dark circles for, don't you think?"-page 146
Connections
1. Text to Self: Fear changes me.
2. Text to World: Many newspaper stories are swayed or biased.
3. Text to Text: "The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing"

Resource summary

	Created by 8th Grade ELA about 7 years ago