The summary: Seventeen-year-old tomboy[2] Emerson Watts, accompanies her sister, Frida, and her best friend, Christopher, to a Stark Mega store opening in So Ho, which is attended by the teen supermodel, Nikki Howard. In addition to Howard's celebrity presence there will be an appearance by British heartthrob, singer, and songwriter, Gabriel Luna. Frida has a crush on the musician. The event is protested, and one of the protesters shoots a plasma screen with a paint ball gun, snapping the wires. Emerson (Em for short) saves her sister from being hit by the plasma screen crashing down, and takes the hit herself. At the very moment, Nikki faints and goes brain-dead.
Choose 2 of the following prompts. Remember that each answer needs to be at least two, well written paragraphs.
1. If you could brain transplant into anyone’s body whose would it be and how would your life change? How did Emerson’s life change? Give specific examples from the book.
2. At the end of 15, Emerson says that she is starting to like LuLu and asks herself, “So what does that say about me?” What is her attitude toward popular ‘perfect’ types of people? Why? Give examples from the book of how you know this.
3. How does Nikki and Emerson’s morality (values/choice of lifestyle) differ? Give examples from the book.
4. What are some life lessons that Emerson learns as Nickki?
5. What did you think about the conclusion? Would you change it? How? If not, why not?
Remember that you may either type this assignment in Word and email it to me, or type it and hand it in when school starts. Your paper should be double spaced Times New Roman 12 (even if it is hand written) and have a heading that includes: Name, Book Title, Questions that you are answering and grade.
Student Name________
Title XXXXXXX
Question #2 and #4
Grade 8
