If you were to create a bitmoji for each of the characters in the novel, what would each one wear, and what accessories would it have? What would your bitmoji look like? Explain your choices. At the movies, Merci sho ws ev eryone her bitmoji decke d out with swag from her fav orite movie. What are the positiv es and negatives of working with others at school? Use specific examples from the text to support your statements. Throughout the book, Merci is asked to w ork in pairs or collaborative groups for school activities. Do you believe this group helped Merci? Did it help Michael? What do you think students need when they start at a new school? What are some ways the Sunshine Buddies system could be revamped to better help new students? 4. Merci has been on both sides of the Sunshine Buddies program, which helps ne w students get used to their new school. Do you think someone can ask too many questions? What does Merci’s questionin g tell us about her character? 3. Merci is often told that she asks too many questions. What are some of the problems this change causes? How doe s Merci deal with them? What are some examples of struggles you’ve faced in school as you’ve grown up? 2. One of her biggest struggles is the transition from elementary school to middle school. Use these questions for reading check-ins, writing prompts, or classroom discussions. In a coming-of-age tale full of humor and wisdom, awa rd-winning author Meg Medina gets to the heart of the confusion and constant change that defines middle school - and the steadfast connection that defines family. No one in her family will tell Merci what’s going on, so she’s left to her own worries, while also feeling all on her own at school. Things aren’t going well at home, either: Merci’ s gr andfather and most trusted ally, Lolo, has been acting strangely lately - forgetting important things, falling from his bike, and getting angry over nothing. So when bossy Edna Santos sets her sights on the new boy who happens to be Merci’s school-assigned Sunshine Buddy, Merci becomes the target of Edna’s jealousy. They don’t have a big house or a fancy boat, and they have to do extra community service to make up for their free tuition. Fo r starters, Merci has never been like the other kids at her private school in Florida, because she and her older brother, Roli, are scholarship students. Merci Suárez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had n o idea just ho w differen t.
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