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Sachar uses a Halloween comparison to show how Zero looks after days in the desert without food or water. The simile is strong and a little scary because Sachar wants you to feel how serious Zero's condition is. The first words Zero speaks are a question about water — the thing he needs most.
Zero's face looked like a jack-o'-lantern that had been left out too many days past Halloween — half rotten, with sunken eyes and a drooping smile. 'Is that water?' he asked. His voice was weak and ra...
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Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 35 in your own words. What does Stanley find inside the boat? What is sploosh? How do Zero and Stanley share it? What happens when Zero reads the name 'Mary Lou' off the boat? At the end of the chapter, what does Zero see when he looks at Big Thumb?
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that Zero is very sick and very weak when Stanley finds him?
- What in the story tells you why Zero might not want to go back to Camp Green Lake?
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Vocabulary Builder
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The front part of a person's head, where the eyes, nose, and mouth are
Item 2
Seemed to be a certain way when you saw it; had an appearance
Item 3
Periods of time that each last from one sunrise to the next
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