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Stephanie Kate Strohm
- Reading
- Read alongside a conversation about balancing several commitments. Pause at the event clash and ask which choice seems fairest; revisit the ending to consider whether the competing priorities receive equal attention.
- Themes
- Student voice and editorial power: Angelica is an aspiring reporter whose stories are rejected by the student editor, then receives an assignment that may offer a new opportunity. The situation invites attention to who controls publication and how a young writer responds to editorial judgement, but the book’s evaluation of either character is not clear.
- Competing school priorities: The Academic Battle, homecoming game and class elections are scheduled for the same day, despite contrasting records in the first two events. The collision creates a framework for considering how institutions and students value different forms of achievement, without establishing which priority the story favours.
- Worth knowing
- It could prompt discussion of whose priorities shape school life: established traditions, student journalism, sporting success or elections. Notice how Angelica responds when an opportunity is offered by someone who has rejected her work.