Each student could come up with their own "magical" cure to rid themselves of the bad habit.and they could come up with a realistic cure as well to try out. The story could lead to writing prompts asking students to write about their own bad habits. This would be a fun book for teachers to read out loud a chapter a day. Evangeline is given clothes, education etc beyond her class, and she is released from her lower status within the servants as the one the other servants "put-upon." Evangeline had been the family's put-upon tweeny-maid but is then taken by Aunt Adelaide to be raised in "proper" society. Another aspect of class that the book deals with is with the power (or lack of power) regarding the different levels of servants. Part of the Browns' issues, of course, is the huge family. This can happen in upper classes where part of the family still lives an upper-class existence but doesn't have the means to support it. The Browns are of the same class as Adelaide but they still suffer from money issues. Show More promises to give them money in inheritance, but only if they do as she says.
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