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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The Hunger Games is structurally brilliant and worth studying to identify the tools a good writer uses. 
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Graphic novels can have complex plots, and both graphic novels and audio books can be subjected to the same literary analysis as text books. Maybe start there.

Also, if audio books work, consider if your kid may have a visual or processing issue with text.

There are a bunch of book recap podcasts, many of which get into analysis.  The specific ones I listen to are explicit so maybe those aren't ideal for MS but finding a podcast on a "classic" should be do-able. You could do a read-along or read-after.

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Can you expand upon this? I'd be interested to discuss that with kids. - NP[/quote]

I'm the first PP. There is nothing wasted in the Hunger Games narrative: every scene has a job. And the structure is classic, see these links for a detailed explanation:

https://www.writingasasecondcareer.com/hunger-games/

http://storyfix.com/the-hunger-games-beat-sheet

I was speaking of story structure and not political commentary or historical allusions, but of course those are present too. If nothing else, you could have a kid look up every Roman name in the book.[/quote]

Which would be a more meaningful exercise if they were also studying humanities and the classics. Looking up names in a vacuum without the context is not as useful.[/quote]

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