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About This Passage
This sentence teaches young writers how a single small detail can tell a whole story. Notice that Emika does not say 'I am poor.' She says her skateboard is old. The skateboard is doing the work of telling us about Emika's life. Good writers let things in the world tell us about people, instead of just saying everything plainly.
The board is old and used like everything else I own.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell the story of this chapter. Stop at the part where Emika says 'caught you.' Why is she so happy at that moment?
Discussion Questions
- Emika is a bounty hunter, which means she catches people the police want for doing bad things. Was it RIGHT for Emika to take this job to make money, or should she have done something else? What in the story makes you think so?
- Emika has a very small amount of money — only thirteen dollars — and she owes a lot more. But she still cares about her favorite game and her favorite person, Hideo Tanaka. What does it tell you about Emika that even when she is in trouble, she still has things she loves? What in the story makes you think so?
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