47 pages 1 hour read

The Best School Year Ever

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Essay Topics

1.

How does Beth fulfill the role of protagonist in the novel? What significant change does she go through, and how does that change resolve the story’s central conflict(s)? Which other character or characters experience significant change?

2.

How does the novel’s episodic structure affect your experience of its storytelling? How do its distinct episodes cohere into a single, overarching narrative?

3.

When and why does Beth’s perspective on Imogene change? Does the narrative make it possible for the reader to have a different perspective, or does the narrative completely support Beth’s perspective?

blurred text
blurred text
blurred text