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Jennifer LathamDreamland Burning
Jennifer LathamFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017A 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.
Essay Topics
Dreamland Burning addresses several important social issues by using the past to comment on the present. Other than racial violence, what is one major social issue that the novel broaches? How does the novel compare that issue in the past to the issue in the present?
In the novel, there is tension between what is legal and what is right. What is one instance of an illegal action that one of the characters commits that you believe is the right thing to do? What is a legal action in the book that you believe is wrong? How do the two actions compare?
There are several parent/child relationships in the novel. Some of them are happy and supportive, and others are not. Compare two parent/child relationships. How do these relationships inform the actions of the children?
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