by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Have students locate Sudan on a world map and consult the maps at the beginning of the book. As they read the novel, keep track of the places Poni’s travels take her.
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Review the timeline of the conflict in the Sudan, located at the back of the book. Have students heard of any of these events?
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
The main character and narrator of this book is a teenage girl who is a Sudanese civil war refugee. She has a happy, normal life which comes to an end when her village is destroyed by soldiers, and her family scatters. Ask the class: How might these circumstances...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Besides mnoomin, what other crops can be harvested? What equipment or tools do you think you would need to pick mnoomin?
by boot | Feb 26, 2025
If students have not read the first two books in the series, explain that Mud City is the third in a series of four novels set in Afghanistan featuring Parvana and her family and friends. Read students the synopses of the first two novels, The Breadwinner and...
