53 pages 1 hour read

Carrie Firestone

Dress Coded

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

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Essay Topics

1.

Dress Coded is mostly narrated by Molly, but includes podcast transcripts and letters. What effect does this narrative style have on the story?

2.

Who are the adults primarily responsible for enforcing the dress code at Fisher Middle School? How are they perceived by the students, and why? What does Molly wish was different about their approach?

3.

What is the novel trying to say about kindness? How does the novel reinforce this message through symbols and motifs?