38 pages 1 hour read

Barbara Robinson

The Best Halloween Ever

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

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Essay Topics

1.

What, in your opinion, makes this Halloween the best ever for the students at Woodrow Wilson School? Would you consider this to be a great Halloween? Use examples from the story to discuss why or why not.

2.

What are some of the Halloween traditions discussed in the book? How do they compare to your family’s Halloween traditions?

3.

What role do the stories that people tell about the Herdmans play in the novel as a whole? Choose two or three examples to think about.