67 pages • 2 hours read
Guadalupe Garcia McCallSummer of the Mariposas
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Paired Texts & Other Resources
Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.
Recommended Texts for Pairing
- Summer of the Mariposa’s narrative structure loosely parallels Homer’s Odyssey.
- Readers can make connections between the two texts’ use of mythic creatures, supernatural occurrences, interference of divine figures, and much more.
- The Odyssey on SuperSummary
- Bray’s novel is a modern rendition of Don Quixote, another classic text rendered modern.
- The novel also features the blend of supernatural elements with everyday reality and a young character whose adventures in the world lead him to greater maturity, much like the Bildungsroman.
- Going Bovine on SuperSummary
Kaela Rivera’s Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
- This middle-grade novel takes place in a fictional world inhabited by creatures and beings from Mexican and Aztec folklore, much like Summer of the Mariposas.
Other Student Resources
Charles Mann’s Before Columbus
- Charles Mann’s book explains what the Americas were like before the Europeans arrived.
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By Guadalupe Garcia McCall
