Cleo Edison Oliver: Playground Millionaire

Cleo didn’t notice when her best friend needed someone to talk to. Think of a time when you didn’t make time for a friend that needed you. What happened? How did you repair your friendship? Talk about it with a parent.
Cleo takes two things that don’t belong to her. She takes her mother’s knife, and her dad’s IPad. Think of another character in another story that takes something without permission. Compare the two characters using a Venn diagram.
Cleo feels different. She is adopted, and Lexie Lewis makes fun of her because of it. This is bullying. Why is bullying never a good thing? What could Cleo have done or said to Lexie to get the bullying to stop? Talk about it with a parent.
Pretend that Fortune received Cleo’s letter and wrote back to her. Write the letter from Fortune that Cleo received.

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