Title: Clementine
Author and Illustrator: Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee
Publication Year: 2006
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Plot Summary: Clementine is a second grader full of out of the box ideas. One day at school she is in art class with her friend Margaret. Margaret is a bossy third grader who lives in Clementine's apartment building. Margaret goes to the bathroom and is in there for a while so Clementine goes to check on her. Clementine finds out that Margaret got glue in her hair and cut it out. Clementine tries to help Margaret cut the rest but then a teacher comes in and sends Clementine to the principals office. After school Clementine and Margaret decide to dye what is left of Margaret's hair with markers. This gets them into even more trouble, so much that Susan, Margaret's mom, says Margaret can't play with Clementine anymore. Clementine is full of out of the box ideas so to try to make Margaret feel better she cuts all of her hair off. This gets Clementine in trouble again. Since Margaret can't play with Clementine she makes a new friend which angers Clementine. Clementine's dad asks her to help him get the pigeons away from the building, The Great Pigeon War, to take her mind of things. Clementine wins the war and her parents decide to through her a surprise party for her heroic actions. Clementine hears part of this and thinks it means they want to get rid of her so they only have her little brother. Clementine and Margaret make up just in time for the surprise party and with a happy ending Clementine gets a new kitten. Plot Structure: This book has a climatic plot structure. There is important information about Clementine and Margaret, like why they don't have hair, that takes place in the early chapters. So the reader must read all of the chapters in order to be able to fully understand the story. Strong vocabulary: Some words readers may have problems sounding out would be: accidentally, disgusting, "historical" (means hysterical but how Clementine says it), patient, exquisite, consequences, ache, unbelievable, good riddance, coincidence, maneuvers, artillery, and convince. Character list and descriptions:
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Relationship of pictures to words: This book has pictures about every four pages. The pictures enhance what the words are saying, so they have a complementary relationship. Without the words there wouldn't be a story and the pictures help readers visualize what is happening. Themes/Central concepts:
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