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Literature

•    What are your favorite lines or quotes?  Copy them in your blog and explain why you like them.
•    What clues did the author use to help you predict what was going to happen later?
•    What were some of the events that created conflict in the story?
•    Would you like to read more books by this author?  Why or why not?

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