![]() ![]() He tried to be a good person but made many awful mistakes. It is more brave to confess and admit to your mistakes than being brave about shooting a gun.The kid who started said this made him understand the title so much more. The book ends with Genie confessing about the bird, MJ, being dead and Grandpop forgiving him.Once we began the discussion in earnest, one boy wanted to start with the last few pages, the ending and the title.A few kids had never thought of reading the acknowledgements before and were excited to try. We then had a nice talk about the fun of reading acknowledgements after finishing a good book. ![]() While we were eating our pizza, but before the official discussion began, one of the girls talked about reading the acknowledgments and learning that the author’s grandpa was named Brooke like the grandpa in the story. ![]() Thankfully we had a pizza pie planned to enjoy for the final meeting. To access the full series of posts, use the 5th/6th gr book club tag. īelow I will recount what we discussed and how the meeting went without identifying any of the children, but please note that this is merely 1 of multiple meetings over which we will discuss the entire book. Yesterday the group met to discuss the end of the book, Chapters 18-21 of As Brave As You. ![]()
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