Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is that she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she’ll have to answer the question over and over again.Her new life takes an unexpected turn, however, when she bonds with Connor—a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability—and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven could ever have imagined.
BL 4.6
7 Points
BL 4.6
7 Points
Activity 1
Create a visitor’s brochure for Stagecoach Pass. Include a map of the park. Add some of your own ideas for different booths that the park could add to attract customers.
Create a visitor’s brochure for Stagecoach Pass. Include a map of the park. Add some of your own ideas for different booths that the park could add to attract customers.
Activity 2
Aven calls her blog “The Unarmed Middle Schooler’s Guide to Survival.” Come up with names for your own blog. What would you write about? Create a couple of sample posts, either by hand or on the computer.
Aven calls her blog “The Unarmed Middle Schooler’s Guide to Survival.” Come up with names for your own blog. What would you write about? Create a couple of sample posts, either by hand or on the computer.
Activity 3
How do you think your life would be different if you didn’t have arms? Find some examples of the way Aven solves problems that arise from not having arms. What kind of problems would you face in your life if you didn’t have arms? How would you solve them?
How do you think your life would be different if you didn’t have arms? Find some examples of the way Aven solves problems that arise from not having arms. What kind of problems would you face in your life if you didn’t have arms? How would you solve them?