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Its a Mall World After All

• By Janette Rallison

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Its a Mall World After All--Summary

• Charlotte is a senior in high school, who is
  working as a perfume lady in Bloomingdales to
  make some extra money for the holidays. While
  spraying unsuspecting customers, Charlotte sees
  Bryant, her best friend Briannas boyfriend,
  flirting with a girl from another school.
  Charlotte is shocked. She keeps her eye on
  Bryant and the mystery girl as they walk through
  the mall, by moving from one Bloomingdales
  entrance to another, to be sure of what she is
  seeing. While Charlotte is stalking Bryant, she
  sees a young boy trying to steal a pair of shoes.
  She shifts her attention from Bryant to the boy
  to stop him from stealing. Through their
  conversation, she finds out that the boy is
  stealing the shoes because his mom works as a
  waitress and cant afford to buy good work shoes,
  so she is always in pain after her shift. Her
  heart goes out the little boy and she offers to
  buy the shoes for him if he cleans up all the
  trash he sees in the mall.
• Charlotte knows she has to tell Brianna about
  Bryants cheating, well at least his flirting.
  To Charlottes shock, the next day at school,
  Brianna is mad at her! Bryant accuses Charlotte
  of trying to break them up and Brianna believes
  him over her. To make matters worse, Bryants
  best friend, Colton tells Brianna that there is
  nothing going on with Bryant and this other girl,
  so now Brianna really thinks Charlotte has it out
  for Bryant, and the truth of the matter is, she
  does.
• When Charlotte was in middle school, she played
  Charlotte in Charlottes Web. Since she was tall
  and gangly, Bryant started teasing her about
  looking like a spider. Bryant thought it would
  be funny to put spiders in her desk. Everyone
  thought it was so funny, then suddenly, everyone
  in school started making bug eyes at her and
  teasing her about spiders whenever they got the
  chance. She never forgave Bryant for being the
  ring leader of this torture, thus her hatred for
  Bryant began.

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Summary--continued

• Charlotte makes it her mission to bust Bryant
  for cheating on her best friend. She starts
  stalking Bryant so she can bust him by getting a
  picture on her camera phone. She stations
  herself outside of his house, she catches Bryant
  lying about going to the dentist, and she even
  has another friend follow him. But in the end,
  when Charlotte finally gives up trying to bust
  Bryant, its Colton who finally realizes that
  Bryant is lying to all of them.
• Both Charlotte and Bryant are
  members of the National Honor Society. Charlotte
  pushes the group to get involved with a service
  learning project to help the boy she caught
  trying to steal and others from him school.
  They consider doing a project like an Angel Tree,
  but decide to create their own project. She and
  Colton devise a plan where the principal of the
  boys school compiles a list of the neediest
  students. Those kids will come to the mall to be
  given gifts by Santa (played by Colton) and his
  elf (played by Charlotte). The project turns out
  to be a huge successand Charlotte and Colton
  finally get together. Bryant is brought to
  justice by the help of Coltons camera phone and
  Brianna finally believes her best friend.

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Its About Janette Rallison After All

• Janette Rallison was born in the small town of
  Pullman, Washington in 1966. Rallison later moved
  to Arizona, where she now resides in Chandler.
  Her husband is a rocket scientist and they have
  five children together. Janette started writing
  at the age of six and says that most of her
  current book ideas come from the real life events
  of her teenage children and their friends. The
  book Its a Mall World After All has exact
  dialogue lifted from her daughters text
  messages. Currently, Rallison has seven
  young-adult books published, all of which are
  pretty well known. Rallison also writes adult
  novels under the pen name Sierra St. James.
• Check out Janette Rallisons website
  http//www.janetterallison.com/

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Other Janette Rallison Books

• All's Fair in Love, War, and High School
• Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My to Do List
• How to Take the Ex Out of Ex Boyfriend
• Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws
• Playing the Field
• The Revenge of the Cheerleaders

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If you like Its a Mall World After All, you
might like some of these movies

• A Walk to Remember PG
• Bring It On PG-13
• Can't Hardly Wait PG-13
• Chasing Liberty PG-13
• Cheetah Girls G
• Clueless PG-13
• Elizabethtown PG-13
• Ever After PG
• Gilmore Girls PG
• High School Musical PG
• Legally Blonde PG-13
• Mean Girls PG-13
• Princess Diaries 2 The Royal Engagement G
• The Notebook PG-13
• The Prince and Me PG
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants PG
• She's All That PG-13
• Sweet Home Alabama PG-13
• Uptown Girls PG-13

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Service Learning Projects

• Service Project Raise funds for homeless or
  underprivileged kids or chose among the different
  links of ideas for projects and collaborate to
  come up with and execute a real service project
  that will benefit the community. Service
  Learning/Service Projects Links
  http//www.fcps.org/curriculum/servicelearning/wha
  tis.htmhttp//www.epa.gov/teachers/community-svc
  -projects.htmhttp//distancelearn.about.com/od/v
  irtualhighschools/a/volunteers.htmGet in pairs
  of 4 or 5 membersCruise the mall, observe 3 to
  5 different groups and write a journal about what
  you saw. Was there any drama? How does the
  book compare and contrast to the novel? Did you
  notice any habits or trends among those you have
  observed?Was there anything interesting that
  happened within your group?Take your collected
  data and collaborate with your group to create a
  short story. It can be about a specific group or
  a mix of all your observations. Make sure you
  include all elements of a plot. ORCollaborate
  with your group and come up with a story based on
  past experiences at the mall or out with friends.
  In this scenario, all students are asked to write
  a short summary of the story individually with
  his or her own version of the story.

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Is it really a mall world?

• What does the title of the novel and its subject
  matter have in common? What does this say about
  our culture?What additional evidence exists that
  links our social structure to our consumer
  habits?Linkshttp//www.time.com/time/magazine
  /article/0,9171,901030602-454459,00.htmlhttp//w
  ww.jeffhouse.addr.com/pmmall.html

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Its a Mall World After All--Quiz

• Did Charlotte jump to conclusions when she saw
  Bryant at the mall or did she use good judgment
  based on her loyalty to her friend? Have you ever
  been trying to help someone and have the results
  backfire on you?
• Reese tries shoplifting to provide for his
  family, do you think that he was wrong to steal
  considering the cause? Is breaking the law ever
  okay?
• If you were Charlotte, how would you alter the
  way she goes about trying to keep her friendship
  with Brianna and catch Bryant at the same time?
• Charlotte struggles with the differences and
  separation between wealthy and impoverished
  people. Does this separation exist in real life,
  and why do you think this is?
• Rallison describes Charlottes as carrying a chip
  on her shoulder like entire rock formations
  stalactites. Stalagmites. Do you think carrying
  anger can prevent you from reaching out to new
  people or experiencing new situations? Support
  your position, providing reasons and examples
  from the reading, your own observations, or
  experiences.
• Explain Charlottes argument in Its a Mall World
  After All, There are two kinds of people in this
  world. Colton, the kind who understand how other
  people feel, and the kind who dont care. Junior
  high doesnt create peoples personalities it
  just reveals which kind they have. Discuss the
  extent you agree or disagree with this analysis.
  Support your position with reasons and examples
  from the reading based on your own observations
  or experiences.