The Adoration of Jenna Fox

When you first meet Jenna Fox and her family, in what time period do you think the book is set? List two clues.

• A second woman has been elected president.

• The last monkey has died.

• A twelfth planet has been named in the solar system.

• It has been snowing for over a year.

Explain how Pearson sets up the conflict between Jenna and her grandmother/Nana/Lily.

• Pearson has Jenna calling her Lily, instead of Nana.

• Pearson has Jenna and Nana hanging out together.

• Pearson has the grandmother praying for Jenna.

• Pearson has Lily and Jenna talking bad about each other.

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What new piece of information does the reader learn about Jenna?

• "Her gait is still not natural. Can't you see that?" Lily said.

• "Time heals," he says.

• She does not remember her parents, or Lily. She does not remember that she lived in Boston. She does not remember the accident.

• Jenna is a twin.

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Some of the pages in the book are gray in color rather than the standard white of the other pages. Why do you think these pages were included? What do they tell you? What’s the significance of the color?

• They represent the a new chapter in the book.

• The new Jenna, trying to cope with the former memories and the new life leading her down some morally gray areas.

• That Jenna may be experiencing issues with her eyes. That she may be color blind now and these are the colors she is only able to see.

• The gray pages help the reader see how Jenna is experiencing inner conflict.

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Jenna remembers an event from when she was two. What event does Jenna recall?

• Jenna recalls the time she fell into a creek and broke her leg.

• Jenna does not recall anything from her past.

• Jenna recalls everything about her past.

• Jenna recalls the time she fell into the bay and almost drowned.

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