FannyBrittandIsabelleArsenaultarebackwithanewgraphicnovel,thistimefeaturingTruffle,youngerbrother,bestfriend,aspiringrockstar...MeetTruffleinthreelinkedstories:In“TruffletheRockstar,“TrufflewantstoformabandwithhisbestfriendsFloandRiad.Theycanalreadypicturethemselvesonstage,wowingthecrowdwithepicsongs.Theystillhavetolearnhowtoplayinstruments...butthat’sjustaminordetail!EversinceTruffleaskedNinatobehisgirlfriend,theyhavebeenshyaroundeachother.In“TruffleLovesNina,“Truffleaskshisparents,hisfriendRiad,hisbigbrother,Louis,andthemanwhoworksatthelibrary,foradviceonhowtolethisheartdothetalking.In“TruffleTacklesExistence,“Truffleattendshisgreat-grandmother’sfuneral,whichgetshimthinkingabouttheworldaroundhim.Aregrandparentsyoungonce,too?DoesRocket,thedogthathisfamilyhadtogiveup,stillthinkabouthimsometimes?Dopeoplestoplovingeachotheriftheydon’tseeeachotheranymore?FansofLouisUndercoverwillbedelightedthatTruffle--Louis’sfunny,music-lovinglittlebrother--nowhashisownbook!KeyTextFeaturescomiccomicstripsillustrationsCorrelatestotheCommonCoreStateStandardsinEnglishLanguageArts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9Compareandcontrastthethemes,settings,andplotsofstorieswrittenbythesameauthoraboutthesameorsimilarcharacters(e.g.,inbooksfromaseries)CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5Explainhowaseriesofchapters,scenes,orstanzasfitstogethertoprovidetheoverallstructureofaparticularstory,drama,orpoem.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7Analyzehowvisualandmultimediaelementscontributetothemeaning,tone,orbeautyofatext(e.g.,graphicnovel,multimediapresentationoffiction,folktale,myth,poem).
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