Book circle week 13 - Summarizer

In chapter 11-20 a lot of interesting things happened. We left of just before Stanley was going to show the fossil he had found to Mr Pedanski. Unfortunately it turned out to be nothing more than a cheap rock. Because of that Stanley did not get a day of. He was disappointed. But when he walked back to the hole, X-Ray stopped him. He told Stanley to give him everything that he would find while digging. He explained to Stanley that it would only be fair for him to get a day of. After all, X-Ray had been on the camp for almost a year, so Stanley did not think about it too much. Until the day after when he found something while digging. It was a gold tube with "KB" engraved in it. Stanley was sure that if he would show this to the warden, he would get a day off. But the problem was that he was supposed to give it to X-Ray. He tried to hide it but later he decided to just give up and show the guys. X-Ray ended up getting a day of and the Warden was satisfied by the object. But it was not only that, she wanted them to pair up and continue to dig deeper in the hole that X-Ray had found the gold tube in. It seemed like she was looking for something more. But the problem was that they were digging in the wrong hole, instead they were supposed to dig in Stanley's hole, where he actually had found the tube. Days went by and the Warden got impatient, nothing was found and soon they returned to their old tasks. In the last chapter (19-20) Stanley got in trouble. You see, magnet stole a sack filled with sunflower seeds from Mr Sir's truck. They enjoyed eating it as they dug their holes. But when it was Stanley's turn to eat, they tossed the sack to him and somehow all the sunflower seeds fell out. And just as that happened Mr Sir's truck arrived for its daily routine. Stanley tried to hide the sunflower seeds but did not succeed. Mr Sir found out what was going on and blamed it all on Stanley, even if it wasn't his fault. He had ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time, yet again. He was taken to the warden and got his punishment, but not only him, but Mr Sir did also. The Warden did apparently not care about Mr Sir's sunflower seeds. Stanley left a irritated Warden and a painful Mr Sir behind him as he went out from the office. What will happen next?

"Book Club" || English

Week 11: 

Discussion leader

1. What's the story behind Stanley's bad luck? (White hat) Chapter 7

2. Stanley and his family thinks that the bad luck is awful, name something positive about it. (Yellow Hat)  Page 9

3. Do you think Stanley is a bad person for doing what he did and ending up on a camp like "Camp Green Lake"? Why/why not? ( Black Hat) 

4. When I read this book a lot of emotions came to my mind, for example happiness (when he made friends on the first day), anger (because he wasn't really guilty for the crime, but ended up getting the punishment anyway), pain (when he had to dig the holes and got hurt) and curiosity (How did Zero know about the shoes? Page 46 ). What emotions did you experience when you were reading? (Red Hat) 

5. Camp Green Lake is a boys detention centre and its all about building character by digging holes. Come up with five new ideas on how to make the camp fun. (Green Hat)

6. If you were the author, what would you change in the book so far to make it better?