Please see 'for COMPLETE ENGAGEMENT' above.

Each novel's potential sensitive topics are listed above under NOVEL STUDY BREAKDOWN and gathered below as well.

Holes (by Louis Sachar):
The majority of the story takes place at a teenage detention camp, and weaves in elements of bullying, poverty, illiteracy and unfair treatment from those overseeing the camp. Other elements of the story are told powerfully from the past, which includes counts of prejudice: racial discrimination leading to immoral uprising acts.

Fuzzy Mud (by Louis Sachar):
There are situations of bullying, fighting and name calling. The 'fuzzy mud' in question causes unseemly physical skin reactions, and ultimately becomes a pandemic.

Maniac Magee (by Jerry Spinelli):
Race division, prejudices and name calling within a segregated town is a prominent theme throughout Maniac's story. An additional theme lies in Maniac being an orphan.

The Warden's Daughter (by Jerry Spinelli):
* *This novel contains more 'elevated' topics, importantly handled and interwoven to showcase the time period, character and necessary plot development* *

1) Cammie (our narrator) lives in an apartment above a jail, and has varying friendships with the female inmates. 

2) One of the inmates hangs herself (little detail).

3) A 'high-profile' criminal (he has taken the life of local girl) is caught and brought into custody within the jail. There are a few brief mentions of the crime. 

4) There are a handful of brief references to Cammie's best friend Reggie, who both looks and tries to act older than she is: smoking a cigarette, using how she dresses/ some early development to egg on attention from boys, romanticizing a high-profile prison inmate (until Cammie sets her straight).