60 pages 2 hours read

Louis Sachar

Small Steps

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

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Armpit and Ginny are close friends. Why does this relationship confuse some people and is their confusion justified?

2.

Armpit knows that X-Ray is unreliable, so why does he decide to join X-Ray’s get-rich-quick scheme? What about the scheme appeals to him?

3.

In what ways did Armpit and X-Ray’s time at Camp Green Lake prepare them and/or fail to prepare them for life after their release?

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