The Stick Insect

The Stick Insect is a narrative about Amy, an on-stage kind of girl, and her brother, Josh, a very behind-the-scenes kind of boy.  When Amy breaks her leg before the school play, Josh has to find the courage to take her place as … The Stick Insect.  The story is told in dialogue and narrative.

The story has a problem solution structure.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text but not all events are shown.  Speech balloons appear in art.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that tells how to write a narrative.

Some words may require clarification: exuberantly, smugly, complicated, elaborate, relentlessly, subconsciously, apprehensively, teetering precariously, reverberating.  Similes: like a newborn foal, like a supercharged turbine, like a queen waving from her carriage.

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