Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

What do you say? 

1.  A play on words are intertwined throughout this story, beginning with the title.  What is your interpretation of the title for this book?

2. Scott provides a lot of advice in his “diary” for dealing with many issues as freshman in high school.  For example, p. 37 (under “Scott Hudson’s Guide To Things That Are Worse Than Gym”)

“5. Getting your head stuck in a bucketful of dead worms that’s been baking in the sun for a week.”

What advice from Scott could you have used as a freshman in high school?

3.  What do you believe about Scott’s thoughts “maybe you are who you hang out with.”?

4.  In the end, Scott discovers a bit of irony (p.271-272) about his life.  What life lesson should we learn from Scott’s discovery?

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