88 pages • 2 hours read
We're Not from Here
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019
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Introduction
We’re Not From Here
- Genre: Fiction; middle grade science fiction
- Originally Published: 2019
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 740L; grades 3-7
- Structure/Length: 27 chapters; approx. 256 pages; approx. 7 hours on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Lan’s family immigrates to Planet Choom after Earth is destroyed, but when they arrive, they discover that they are not welcome.
Geoff Rodkey, Author
- Bio: Grew up in Freeport, Illinois; currently lives in New York City with his wife and three sons; is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter; screenplays include RV (2006) and Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Other Works: The Chronicles of Egg series (2012-2014); The Tapper Twins series (2015-2017); Stuck in the Stone Age (2018)
- Awards: Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production (2020)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- The Dangers of Misinformation
- We Can Be Both Brave and Scared
- Being Truthful With Ourselves Lets Us Grow
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
- Develop an understanding of sociocultural contexts regarding immigrants, the immigration process, and problems immigrants to new countries face as represented by the characters who try to settle on Choom.
- Analyze short paired texts and other resources to make connections via the text’s themes of The Dangers of Misinformation and We Can Be Both Brave and Scared.
- Create and explore pieces of comedy that might have been used to sway the Zhuri on Choom based on novelistic details.
