![]() ![]() ![]() “Replay" uses several objects as symbols in the story.How does Leo feel about his father at the beginning of the book? Does their relationship change as the story progresses?.How does the action of the play compare to the action of the novel? What parallels can be drawn between the two? Read the school play, “Rumpopo’s Porch," included at the end of Replay. ![]() Together we come to see that “all the world’s a stage" on which we act out our ever-changing roles.Ĭita Smith is the middle school director at Tuscaloosa Academy. As readers move through this cleverly constructed narrative (which some might call stream-of-consciousness for the young), we learn right alongside Leo. Even young readers will have no trouble distinguishing Leo’s imagined adventures from his real ones since each fantasized event is introduced with a visual cue. Though it will appeal to theater lovers in particular, “Replay" is a great read for everyone. From his first fantasy of saving an old lady in the neighborhood all the way to his opening-night nerves, Leo’s tale is told with humor and sensitivity. ![]()
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