Across the Puddingstone Dam cover

Across the Puddingstone Dam

by Melissa Wiley

Her eleventh year brings many changes in the life of Charlotte Tucker and her family, including the building of a dam near their home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, attending school, meeting her mother's older brother, and the birth of her own baby brother.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?