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    This document provides an overview and discussion questions about the novel "Ask Me How I Got Here" by Christine Heppermann. The novel tells the story of Addie through a series of poems as she deals with an unplanned pregnancy and decision to have an abortion. It explores how this experience impacts Addie's relationships, mental state, and passion for cross country running. The discussion questions prompt reflection on themes like Addie's relationship with religion, her evolving relationships with family and friends, and how the format of a novel in verse affects the storytelling.

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    This document provides an overview and discussion questions about the novel "Ask Me How I Got Here" by Christine Heppermann. The novel tells the story of Addie through a series of poems as she deals with an unplanned pregnancy and decision to have an abortion. It explores how this experience impacts Addie's relationships, mental state, and passion for cross country running. The discussion questions prompt reflection on themes like Addie's relationship with religion, her evolving relationships with family and friends, and how the format of a novel in verse affects the storytelling.

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    CHRISTINE HEPPERMANN

    ABOUT THE BOOK


    Addie has always known what she was running toward, whether in cross country,
    in her all-girls Catholic school, or in love. Until she and her boyfriend—her sensitive,
    good-guy boyfriend—are careless one night, and she gets pregnant. Addie makes
    the difficult choice to have an abortion. And after that—even though she knows
    it was the right decision for her—nothing is the same. She doesn’t want anyone
    besides her parents and her boyfriend to know what happened; she doesn’t want
    to run cross country anymore; she can’t bring herself to be excited about anything.
    Until she reconnects with Juliana, a former teammate who’s going through her own
    dark places. Christine Heppermann writes with an unflinching honesty and a deep
    sensitivity about the complexities of being a teenager, being a woman. Her free verse
    poems are moving, provocative, and often full of wry humor and a sharp wit.

    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
    1. A
     sk Me How I Got Here is a novel in verse and tells a story 7. H
     ow does Addie’s class project allow her to open up to a
    through a series of poems. How does this literary style impact the friend?
    story? Have you read other novels in verse?
    8. A
     ddie’s experience is contrasted in the novel with Allison’s
    2. T he novel features a number of entries in Addie’s handwriting. descriptions of Hope’s Journey. What are some of the things
    What makes these entries different from the other typed verses in women in Hope’s Journey do? How do Allison’s descriptions of
    the book? the program make Addie feel?

    3. A
     ddie focuses on the Virgin Mary a great deal. Why is the 9. W
     hat type of relationship does Addie have with her friend
    image of the Virgin Mary and her experience so significant to Claire? How does it change after Addie quits the cross country
    Addie? What are some of the parallels and differences Addie team?
    draws between herself and the Virgin Mary?
    10. C
     ompare Addie’s feelings toward running before her abortion
    4. A
     ddie eventually tells her parents about her pregnancy, but and after it. Why do you think this change occurred?
    hides that she quit the cross country team. Why do you think she
    hides this information from her parents, when they supported her 11. A
     ddie and Juliana start as friends and then become
    abortion decision? romantically involved. Why do you think they end up falling
    for each other? Was there any foreshadowing of the evolution
    5. D
     escribe Addie’s relationship with Nick. How does it change of their relationship? How does Juliana’s confession to Addie
    over the course of the story? affect her?

    6. A
     ddie’s poems range in length from a couple of lines to two 12. A
     sk Me How I Got Here takes the reader through six months
    pages. How did these differences in length affect how you read of Addie’s life. Some months contain more poems than others.
    the book? How did these differences communicate Addie’s Why do you think the book is broken up by months? How does
    feelings throughout the novel? the pacing choice impact the story?

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