Students may refer to the list for reading suggestions. At the end of the novel, Letters from My Kentucky Home by Bobby Lee Pomeroy is published by Vainglory Publishing Company. Divide the class into small groups and ask them to discuss Bobby Lee's style of writing. Share with the class copies of Literary Market Place and Writer's Market, available at your local library. Ask them to use these reference tools to locate a new publisher for Bobby Lee.
Books are very often bridges for understanding other people and cultures.
Send students to the library to select a book that Sylvia might recommend to Bobby Lee about Jewish culture and religion. Ask students to find out when the draft began. Encourage students to stage a debate that argues the pros and cons of the draft. Sylvia believes that every American citizen should read the newspaper. Instruct students to identify one timely subject in the news and follow it for a week.