Isadora Moon Goes to School
by Harriet Muncaster
Grades 1-4; Genre - Fantasy; Lexile 520L; AR pts. 1.0
Isadora Moon loves sunshine — and nighttime. She loves her magic wand — and her black tutu. She loves spooky bats — and Pink Rabbit. Isadora is half-fairy, half-vampire, and she’s special because she is different! Now Isadora’s parents want her to start school, but she’s not sure where she belongs — fairy school or vampire school?
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Describe Isadora. Half vampire, half fairy; has a vampire dad, fairy mom, and a little sister like her; her pink stuffed rabbit is alive; lives in the top tower of her large home p.2
Chapter 2
- What decision is Isadora trying to make in this chapter? What school to go to p.16
Chapter 3
- Why is Isadora embarrassed in this chapter? She was practicing her wand skills and instead of a carrot cake, a carrot appeared that grew to a great size and flew out the window p.32
Chapter 4
- What happened on Isadora’s first day at fairy school? She couldn’t use a wand; she couldn’t dance like the other fairies because she couldn’t wear her black tutu; she didn’t know she shouldn’t pick toadstools from a fairy ring and she got red spots from the toadstools p.43
Chapter 5
- Why isn’t Isadora prepared for vampire school? She wasn’t able to sleep all day and will be tired p.60
Chapter 6
- What did Isadora learn about herself in this chapter? That her wings flap and she doesn’t zoom and glide like other vampires p.68
Chapter 7
- How did Pink Rabbit get banned from vampire school? He opened the window and let all the bats out p.84
Chapter 8
- What did Isadora like about herself in this chapter? Her wild hair p.91
Chapter 9
- What made Isadora feel happy? She felt proud to be who she was; the human kids accepted her for who she was p.103
Chapter 10
- How did Isadora convince her parents to let her go to regular human school? Humans are all different, just like her; she really wanted to go p.114