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Killers of the Flower Moon (Adapted for Young Readers): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

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Essay Topics

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Analyze the portrayal of law enforcement in Killers of the Flower Moon. Use textual evidence to provide examples of its successes, failures, and biases.

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What are the roles of memory and forgetting in Killers of the Flower Moon? How does memory affect the legacy of the Osage murders and the impact of trauma on later generations?

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Although the book is historical nonfiction, it reads like a murder mystery. What narrative techniques does David Grann use to make the book read like a mystery?

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