The Girl Who Owned a City

Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• 2008 young adult novel
• Connects to themes of The Nature of Proper Governance and Idealism Versus Practicality
• Compare and contrast Lisa and Katniss as female protagonists determined to survive.
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“Mayflower Compact: Roots of Our Democracy”

• Clip from the 2020 NBC News Learn production “1620: Beyond Thanksgiving”
• Connects to themes of The Nature of Proper Governance and Individualism Versus Collectivism
• Lisa cites the Pilgrims in support of her claims about individual rights: How does the video frame the balance the Pilgrims struck between individual rights and community needs?

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

• 1987 young adult novel
• Connects to themes of Thinking Through Problems and Individualism
• Compare the process through which Brian and Lisa each learn how to take care of themselves: How do their different environments (the presence or absence of other people and societal resources) affect this process?
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