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Ridley Pearson

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

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Essay Topics

1.

Why did Wayne and his fellow Imagineers create the hologram hosts? How do the holograms enable the DHI kids to combat the Overtakers?

2.

The DHI kids must appear at the Magic Kingdom every night, and they must defeat the deadly Overtakers. They weren’t told this would happen when they became hosts. Argue either for or against the idea that the Imagineers had to put the kids into this situation to save the world.

3.

Explain how the fable of the Stonecutter’s Quill relates to the four elements. Describe also the moral of the fable, and suggest how it might guide the young teens as they learn to work with their own holographic forms.

4.

Describe briefly the strongest ability of each of the five DHIs, and give an example of how each uses that strength to help the team.

5.

Walt Disney drops hints that he knows that evil characters from the Disney universe might try to take over the Disney World resort. Give three examples of the hints Walt leaves behind, and explain their meaning.

6.

What two things cause Finn to have a change in perspective? What does the word “perspective” suggest to him about how to make use of his new viewpoint?

7.

Give three things about Amanda that makes Finn suspicious of her, and for each explain why he feels that way.

8.

What does Finn do to transform himself from a regular person to a hologram and back again? What does this suggest about the source of magic?

9.

Wayne says the captured Maleficent won’t be harmed. What are the two reasons he gives, and what does each suggest about his character and purpose?

10.

Obtain a list of Disney's evil characters, choose one who you believe might be the real leader of the Overtakers, and explain why you think so.

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