Sunlight on the Snow Leopard
by Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 1-4; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts. 1.0
Morgan le Fay tells Jack and Annie to seek out "The Gray Ghost" and listen to her story. They are whisked away to Nepal where they meet Tenzin, a climber, who takes them up the mountain to meet a snow leopard.
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Summarize what this story is going to be about. Jack and Annie are going to Nepal to find a ghost in the mountains p.1
Chapter 2
- List an observation Jack and Annie made of the people in this area. They are hard workers p.19
Chapter 3
- How did Annie convince Tenzin to help them find the ghost? She read Morgan’s poem to him and told him they were serious about finding the ghost, not just curious p.25
Chapter 4
- What did you learn about Tenzin in this chapter? He’s sad because his wife and daughter died last winter p.34
- Predict how Jack and Annie will help him in this story. Listen to your child’s answer
Chapter 5
- Why did Jack agree to follow Tenzin? Tenzin quoted a phrase from the poem and confirmed that they were supposed to follow Tenzin p.42
Chapter 6
- How did Tenzin put Jack and Annie at risk? By taking them on treacherous steep ground and for hiking so high p.51
Chapter 7
- What is the great ghost and how did Jack and Annie find it? A snow leopard; they tried to find Tenzin and when they hiked up to him, the snow leopard was with him. She was difficult to see because she blended in with the rocks p.59
Chapter 8
- How do you think the snow leopard is wise and what secret does she have to tell? Listen to your child’s answer p.62
Chapter 9
- Why didn’t Jack want to tell Ama and the girls about the snow leopard. Tenzin has a special bond with the snow leopard, and they want him to be the one to talk about her if he wants to p.72
- Have you ever had a story that was your own that you haven’t wanted anyone else to share or talk about? Explain. Listen to your child’s answer
Chapter 10
- Were you correct in your assumption about what the poem means? Listen to your child’s answer
- If not, what is answer? The secret is love hides in plain sight, and we are never alone p.82
- What did you like about this story? Listen to your child’s answer