But when her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for her and her younger sister changes forever. 'Make a way out of no way' is just the way of life for Rue. Perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Tomi Adeyemi, and The Hunger Games!

In this riveting, keenly emotional debut fantasy, a Black teen from Houston has her world upended when she learns about her godly ancestry and must save both the human and god worlds. 'A remarkable, breathtaking, earthshaking, poetic thrillride.' -Daniel Jo sé Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper Though they come from two different worlds, Rue and Bri are close friends.Description Instant New York Times bestseller!.How does Rue feel about her East Row neighborhood? How is where she’s from tied to her identity and how she thinks about the worlds she inhabits? How do you think your neighborhood has affected who you are, your identity, and your worldview? What about where you are from has contributed to your successes? Have you ever faced any challenges or limitations because of where you live?.How does Rue handle her Ghizoni identity and deal with her dual identity? Rue knows who she is and is secure in her values.Questions for Discussion or Reflective Writing Once they’ve identified a missing perspective, have students use a variety of sources to investigate how the missing group contributed to or was affected by the event and rewrite their classroom text to include what they’ve learned. Next, using classroom texts, have students research an historic event, looking again for missing perspectives.

Discuss what perspective these missing people could contribute. Using news articles, have students select a story and generate a list of all the people who are missing but who could have been affected by the events. Talk about why it is important to do as Rue did and ask questions about who is missing.Ask students to also look for parallels they may see in how our nation’s history has been written and shared. Discuss with students what kind of reality this “history” created. It isn’t until she’s inside Yiyo Peak that she discovers the true history of New Ghizon is one of exclusion, of erasure, of invisibility. This leaves her with unanswered questions. Totsi’s old books, Rue finds that her history class in Ghizon is very selective about what it shares about the nation’s history. Though she is able to get at least a little information from Ms.

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