Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord


       8/10

Text features in fiction twice in this book.  Both had to do with the same contest the character was entering.   This is not a common feature in fiction chapter books.

The book had a lot of themes going on in it, photography, friendship, dementia, conservation, etc.  They came together in the end.  A lot of the themes were highlighted in the contest categories.  I kept waiting for the title meaning to pop up in the book and it finally did on page 203.  After I finished reading it, I thought of several more ways that the title was relevant.  It was an enjoyable read, but not earth-shattering.

Did It Fit Our Overall Mark Twain Nominee Themes????
Lucy had a traditional family except for the fact that dad was a traveling photographer who spent a lot of time away.  They had just moved to a lake where most people only live during the summer and they were becoming year round residents, Lucy didn't have any real struggles, just the normal teenage stuff.

I made a video on youtube of me using this book to record ideas in my writer's notebook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etVe1Vy1U60&index=4&list=PLgUrnCDKMm0IFSQrIorDbanjbqHjVShZU

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