Patricia McCormick, Author
- Bio: Lives in New York; earned an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; has an MFA from the New School; worked with Malala Yousafzai to co-author I Am Malala: Young Readers Edition (2013)
- Other Works: My Brother’s Keeper (2005); Purple Heart (2009); Never Fall Down (2012)
- Awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2007); Booklist Top Ten Women’s History Books for Youth (2007); National Book Award Finalist (2006); National Public Radio’s Best Books of the Year (2006)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- How Gender Affects Childhood
- Deception and Truth
- The Importance of Hope, Faith, and Friendship in Overcoming Hardship
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
- Develop an understanding of the social and political contexts that surround the central conflict of Lakshmi and her friends.
- Study paired texts and other resources to make connections to the text’s themes of How Gender Affects Childhood, Deception and Truth, and The Importance of Hope, Faith, and Friendship in Overcoming Hardship.