Guide offers a plot summary, discussion questions for groups of chapters in the book, author comments, a background article on lottery winners, vocabulary, a quiz, graphic organizers, and a set of after-reading activities. HIP Junior novels have been created for students in grades 4-6 who read at a grade-2 to grade-3 level. Characters are young adolescents; plots involve high action but no real violence; themes are appropriate to middle school and senior elementary grades.