The Secret Life of Bees

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The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
Alyssa Glaubman
Stephanie Trum
Casey Gizzo
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Characters
Opinion
Table of Contents
Recommendations
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Characters
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The Secret Life of Bees
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• Brave
• Deceptive
• Loveable
• Lost

Lily
If I was a Negro girl Page 216
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The Secret Life of Bees
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• Outspoken
• Independent
• Mother figure

Rosaleen
Rosaleen Continued
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I wish youd told me what you knew about my
mother, I said. How come you didnt? Oh,
Lily, she said, and there was gentleness in her
words like theyd been rocked in a little hammock
of tenderness down in her throat. Why would I
go and hurt you with something like that? Pg
264-265
Rosaleen
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• Compassionate
• Wise
• Strong willed
• Religious

August
August Continued
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Shes the woman who makes the Black Madonna
Honey, I said. I was unable to take my eyes off
her, the Mistress of the Bees, the portal into my
mothers life. August. Page 68
August
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• Alone
• Solemn
• Hesitant
• Musical

June
June Continued
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Cello music swelled out from the house, rising
higher and higher until it lifted off the earth,
sailing toward Venus. Page 94
June
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• Big hearted
• Needy
• Distressed
• Solitary

May
May Continued
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May sounded so normal and happy right then, I
couldnt imagine how shed gotten the way she
was one minute laughing and the next overrun
with everybodys misery. Page 95
May
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• Thought provoking
• Pointed out problems in society
• Exceeded expectations
• Realistic

Opinion
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The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
This book is mostly targeted towards females, 14
years old.
Recommendations
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