The Kids Wings literature guide for The School Story focuses on twelve-year-old Natalie Nelson's powerful school story entitled "The Cheater." Natalie and her best friend Zoe are certain that the book should be published. But getting published, even though her mother is a publisher, requires creativity and determination.

Activities include:

• Guided reading
• Motivating activities
• Lesson plans
• Map Study
• Anticipation guide
• Dialectical journal
• Vocabulary study
• Getting a book published
• The Librarian's Job
• Tackling Taxi Math
• Main Idea
• Sequencing
• A dictionary of emotions
• Logic puzzle
• Editing
• Sticker Soup
• Synectics
• Vocabulary Partners
• How to write a Readers Theater Script
• Predict-Confirm Chapter Questions
• Become a Book Agent
• Writing Prompts
• Multiple choice questions
• Answers