Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek—two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the local prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same.
Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics—a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project—this exciting story will leave readers thinking about who’s really welcome in the places we call home.
BL 5.4
10 Points
Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics—a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project—this exciting story will leave readers thinking about who’s really welcome in the places we call home.
BL 5.4
10 Points
Activity 1:
Find a way to show your local law enforcement or first responders appreciation.
Activity 2:
What events in the book show how Elidee is treated differently than her white friends?
Activity 3:
Many people's lives were disrupted during the prison break. School busses and cars were stopped looking for the escapees. Imagine that you’re one of the kids on a school bus, stopped at a police roadblock, and an armed officer comes on the bus to ask if anyone has information about the inmates. Write a few sentences about what happened and how it affected your school day.
Find a way to show your local law enforcement or first responders appreciation.
Activity 2:
What events in the book show how Elidee is treated differently than her white friends?
Activity 3:
Many people's lives were disrupted during the prison break. School busses and cars were stopped looking for the escapees. Imagine that you’re one of the kids on a school bus, stopped at a police roadblock, and an armed officer comes on the bus to ask if anyone has information about the inmates. Write a few sentences about what happened and how it affected your school day.