Dear Readers,

The stories we’re reading are made up. They might be based on true stories, they might include real events, and they may include real people or places, but the books we’re reading are fiction.

Therefore, the authors are more interested in telling the “big truths” about what it’s like to live in a certain time rather than the little facts about a particular person. So as readers, we have to be on the lookout for those “big truths” or themes. We have to use them as a lens for reading.

Good readers know what’s important–the ideas!

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck