Menu for The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
by E.L. Konigsburg
ISBN of edition I read 0689866364 (hardcover)
Food mentioned in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Coffee (with real cream and lump sugar), 8
Tuna sandwiches, 24
Bologna sandwiches, 24
Chocolate chip cookies, 24
Cookies, 47
Milk, 47
Palacsinta, 123
Blintzes, 132
Dobos torte, 153
Sacher torte, 153
Mulled cider, 175
Doughnuts, 175
Crackers, 219
Beef jerky, 219,
Trail mix, 219
Coke Cola, 231
Grapefruit juice, 289
Boursin cheese, 289
Books and Authors mentioned in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
The Roses / Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 133, 191
Alfred Tennyson, (poet), 206, 216
Music mentioned in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Thriller / Michael Jackson, 47
Mozart, 174
Misc. in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Roses, 9, 117, 133, 190-1
Questions for The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Can you relate to Margaret's experiences at camp?
What do you think about Margaret's uncles?
What, if any, are the similarities between Margaret and her uncles?
What is the significance of the town's name (Epiphany)?
How does each character experience the towers? (page 66 Margaret says: Like a kiss or a walk in the woods, the towers were meant to be experience, not inventoried.)
Subjects in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Watts Towers
Hungary
Activism
Folk Art
Libraries mentioned in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Page 8 : I loved 19 Schuyler Place. It was within walking distance of Town Square, a city bus stop, the main library, and the pedestrian mall downtown.
Page 117 : Jake sat on the edge of my bed. "And you, Miss Margaret Rose, I'll need you to go to the library and find a picture of the most beautiful rose rose you can find."
Page 190 : Next to the place where Jacob was to sit, I put the library book, opened to the rose rose I had selected.
Activities for The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
Draw the towers
Build a model of the towers
Redesign the book cover
Great vocabulary in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
incorrigible, 20
narcissistic, 44
predicate, 45
incandescent, 51
panache, 92
perfidy, 121
frisson, 202
manacled, 232
dirigible, 233
