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An Exclusive Benefit for Duke TIP's 4th-6th Grade Talent Search

  • While You’re Reading
    • Chapters 1-5
    • Chapters 6-11
    • What’s In a Word?
  • When You’ve Finished
    • Reflect & Connect
    • Explore
    • Create
  • What’s Next?

While You’re Reading

Every good story is full of captivating characters, timeless and timely themes, significant settings, pivotal plot points, and vivid vocabulary that combine to engage our brains and our hearts. In “While You’re Reading,” you’ll find questions that invite you to dig deeper into each of these literary elements for a better understanding and enjoyment of the book.

Questions are grouped by section of the book, so once you’ve read a section you can jump in without worrying about spoilers!

  • Chapters 1-5
  • Chapters 6-11
  • What’s in a Word?

To aid your investigation, download and save the Writing AND Reading guide, with helpful tips on keeping a reading journal and annotating a book while you read. Record your responses to the questions in your reading journal and look for opportunities to share your thoughts with friends or classmates who are also reading the book.

Get Started!

  • While You’re Reading
    • Chapters 1-5
    • Chapters 6-11
    • What’s In a Word?
  • When You’ve Finished
    • Reflect & Connect
    • Explore
    • Create
  • What’s Next?

An Update on Commenting

Hello, TIPsters!

Beginning with the October/November 2020 selection, we will no longer be able to accept your comments on the Book Club site.

We hope that you will continue to respond to the questions and prompts you’ll find here in your reading journal. You can also encourage friends and classmates to read the book, and you can use these activities to create your own book club!

Happy Reading!

Looking for Another Book?

Still reading our August/September selection, The Scavengers? Download the activities here.

Looking for more reading and activities during home- or remote-schooling? Head over to the What’s Next? section of the site, where you can download activities for other previous Book Club selections.

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