Think about the stories Writing an informative essay about Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Esperanza Rising, and Wonder. What important lesson can a teen or preteen learn from each story? Write an introduction about today's teens and preteens and how the stories could create change in them. Write a separate paragraph for each story and how or what a teen can learn from the story. The conclusion should bring the essay to an end about teens and change and the effect that literature can have on teens.

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?