Educational Resources
Memoir Engagement Guide
Norton Young Readers created this discussion / engagement guide for my memoirs Free Lunch, Punching Bag, Road Home, and Abuela, Don’t Forget Me.
*This guide was prepared by Deborah Taylor. She has chaired and served on many American Library Association (ALA) committees, including the Sibert Award, Newbery Award, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, and the Michael L. Printz Award selection committees, and has also served on the National Book Awards and the Ezra Jack Keats Award committees. She was named the 2015 recipient of the Coretta Scott King/Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime achievement, and is currently a panel moderator and reviewer of young people’s literature.
FREE LUNCH EXTRAS
Includes an Author Q&A, a Discussion Guide, Writing Advice, as well as a list of resources for those struggling with experiences like those shown in the book.