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A Literature Guide To Alan and Naomi: By Myron Levoy
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Against the backdrop of World War II, Myron Levoy’s Alan and Naomi tells the story of a friendship between 12 year old Alan Silverman and Naomi Kirschenbaum. Alan is “just Alan," a sensitive young boy growing up in Queens, New York. He is forced by his parents to befriend Naomi, a French girl his age who has fled France with her mother after witnessing her father’s death at the hands of the Gestapo. At the story’s opening, Naomi is catatonic, trapped in a prison of terrifying images her mind cannot release. What begins as a burden for Alan is transformed into a beautiful friendship—ultimately, into his first romantic attachment. Through each other, Alan and Naomi discover the joys of friendship as well as the agonizing decisions that accompany the adult world or responsibility and commitment. This teaching guide includes an overview discussing the themes, structures and style of the book; discussion questions, writing topics and project activities for each chapter, as well as reproducible pages for students and readers of all ages.
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50 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1991
This edition
- Format
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50 pages, Paperback
- Published
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January 1, 1991 by Book Wise, Inc
- ISBN
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9780943069210
- ASIN
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0943069211
- Language
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English
About the author
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Career and workplace advisor Ellen Gordon Reeves is the author of Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview? featured in media including CNN, US News and World Report, Essence, EXTRA, The CBS Early Show, ABC Money Matters, Fox News Edge, MoneyWatch.Com, and NPR's Morning Edition. Trained in comedy writing and improvisation at Second City, Reeves is a frequent public speaker, consulting to individuals and institutions. She offers her interactive Extreme Professional Makeover and Communications Crash Course boot camps across the country. Reeves has been a blogger for LearnVest and Jobs for Change/Change.org and is now QuantNet's career columnist. Formerly Executive Editor of The New Press and past president of the Harvard Alumni Association, Reeves serves on advisory boards at The American Repertory Theater and The Harvard Art Museums. She is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Master of Arts in Writing and Teaching Writing from Northeastern University.
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