The Candy House Lesson Plan

Do you think Molly will continue to hang out with Stella and value her opinion so highly after her experience with Lulu, Chris, and Colin? Explain.

Molly begins the chapter desperate to be Stella’s close friend. As the chapter progresses, she makes decisions she knows will make Stella unhappy in favor of her own happiness, deciding to deal with the consequences later. Her experience with Stella’s purposeful and fickle withholding of attention has left Molly thinking that that was the only legitimate way to be a person’s friend. When Lulu treats her differently, she is taken aback. The afternoon she spends with Lulu, Chris, and Colin shows her that genuine,...