Our discussion guide for The Summer of Owen Todd, a novel about a boy keeping his abuse a secret, provides resources to not only help your students understand the text, but also aid them in comprehending the theme of abuse presented throughout the novel. Use our pre-reading activities to spark a conversation about true friendship and what students believe the novel will be about. Once the class finishes the novel, use our discussion questions to test students' comprehension of the reading and what they felt the important scenes were. Also provided are activities that ask students to revisit what friendship means and how they would react in Owen's position.
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