Fablehaven

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

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Chapters 9-11

Chapters 12 -14

Chapters 15-17

Chapters 18-19

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Discuss the role of gender in the novel by examining the way that the female magical creatures (and mortal characters) are described. Provide examples using passages from the text.

Explore the examples of captivity and confinement provided by the novel. What are the different reasons for different creatures’ imprisonments? Are any morally or ethically troubling? Why?

Compare and contrast the magical creatures described in Fablehaven to the magical creatures in myths, stories, fairytales, and popular imagination that you know of. How are they similar? How do they differ? Why do you think that might be?