Our teacher discussion guide for The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza, a book about a young girl who healed her crush's gunshot wound, accidentally creating an apocalypse, contains various activities and questions to help guide your lesson. Guide the discussion and encourage critical thinking with our various discussion questions. The provided extension activities will help students relate to the characters and find ways to help their community.
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The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth. This can be scientifically explained (it’s called parthenogenesis), but what can’t be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she’s had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. What also can’t be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place.
