Eighth Grade Summer Reading, Summer 2011
I hope you enjoyed Howard Fast's April Morning, the story of a young man who is conflicted about participating in the American Revolution.
The Assignment: A bildungsroman ("formation novel")is a story in which a character grows up, or "comes of age." Read the novel April Morning, then write an essay that discusses how Howard Fast's novel is a buldungsroman. Consider how the main character grows up, or comes of age. In your answer, you might discuss how the main character is developed in the beginning of the story and then describe how the events in the story transformed him.
