Social Issue Book Clubs

I invite you to post your thinking about your book club book.  Remember to use text evidence to back up or support your ideas.

Mark in your book: 

places where a character struggles,
crucial scenes,
moments you feel are fair or unfair

Respond to your reading by writing "long" about possible social issues.  

What is your book really about?
What does this character's struggles let me know about what issues this book is dealing with?
What do these troubles say about what the author wants to convey about  social issues?
What does this story teach us about________[homelessness, or bullying or losing someone, etc.]?
I think that is fair because...
I think this is unfair because...
This fairness/unfairness matters because...