Peeled by Joan Bauer

Peeled by Joan Bauer

1. Characters

   • Elizabeth
   • Antagonist Piedmont
   • Baker
   • Zack
   • Protagonist Hildy

2. Conflict

   • THE PEEL vs. THE CORE
   • Ghost vs. Townspeople
   • Piedmont vs. Hildy

3. Key Text Passages

   • "I'm not writing there's a ghost until I have the facts that prove it. Mr. Loring said, 'If it's not an editorial, don't draw conclusions'" p. 43
   • ''It's a funny thing how fear grows. It moves like a virus, infecting person after person"' p. 126

4. Plot

   • When Hildy hears of a ghost committing murder, she is determined to find the truth.
   • Hildy discovers the mayor and the head of the local paper, Pen Piedmont, are in a scheme to remove residents off their land in order to build a haunted amusement park.
   • The mayor's involvement gets out and the people reject THE BEE in favor of Hildy's paper, THE PEEL. The park project and Piedmont both lose power.

5. Theme

   • Truth
   • Adventure
   • Endurance
   • Growing Up

6. Connections

   • Text to Self: I also don't like geting humiliated. It is hard to get over.
   • Text to Text: Christina's Ghost
   • Text to World: I agree word spreads fast in a small town.

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