This is an Online Internet Book Club on Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) by Walter Dean Myers. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Bad Trouble
Lately everybody's messing with Jamal. His teachers, the kids at school, even his dad. And now that Jamal's brother Randy's in the slam, Crazy Mack has a crazy idea. He wants Jamal to take control of the Scorpions and run crack.
All the gang jive--Jamal has no use for it. Unless, like some say, it's the only way to cop the bread for Randy's appeal...
The story of twelve-year-old Jamal, whose life changes drastically when he acquires a gun. Though he survives the experience, it's not without sacrificing his innocence and possibly his relationship with his best friend.
Book Club Questions for Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book):
- Did Walter Dean Myers emphasize any specific themes throughout Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)? What do you think Walter Dean Myers is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) reveal Walter Dean Myers's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Walter Dean Myers is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Walter Dean Myers's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book):
- Did Walter Dean Myers make persuasive arguments in Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)? Did Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)?
- How does Walter Dean Myers present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Walter Dean Myers biased within Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book)? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) make you want to read next? Why?
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