Can you imagine having a magic pencil that could tell you all the answers to any of your questions? What questions would you ask the pencil? What answers would you need to know? Could you use the pencil to help you on tests at school? Could you find out what was going to happen in the future? Would having an answer-providing magical pencil be a good thing?
This week fourth grade book club members are discussing this possibility after reading All The Answers by Kate Messner. In this story, Ava Anderson finds an old blue pencil in her family's junk drawer, and it doesn't seem like anything special. But then she writes a question in the margin of her math quiz, and something very strangle happens. She hears a voice loud and clear - one that nobody else can hear - and it tells her the answer!
With the help of her best friend, Sophie, Ava sees that having a magic pencil in middle school can be very handy. But as Ava's reliance on the pencil grows, the truths it reveals about herself and her family lead Ava on an adventure she never expected to take. Along the way, Ava learns that life isn't about knowing all of the answers, and sometimes it might be better not to know.To preview our discussion questions, click here.
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