October, 2000
Story Maps
from “President Cleveland, Where Are You?” by Robert Cormier

Story Map by Kellyn Trading Card by Ivan Title: President Cleveland, Where Are You? Characters: Jerry, main character, 11 years old, he's telling the story. Rollie, a rich kid no one really likes Roger, Jerry's best friend Armand, Jerry's 14-year-old brother Conflict: A group of boys collecting president cards for a baseball mitt, but are all missing President Cleveland. Setting: In the afternoon after school on the sidewalk in front of Lemire's Drug Store. Event 1: Not giving his brother all the money he had to help pay for his dad's present. Event 2: They change his cowboy cards to president cards. Event 3: He starts to collect the president cards. Event 4: His dad gets laid off work. Event 5: His brother wants to go to a dance with a girl after fallin love and he has no money. Climax: Jerry's brother tells him where he can get a President Cleveland card so Jerry goes and gets it. Resolution: Jerry sells the card to Rollie for $5 and gives the money to his brother so he can go to the dance.

Story Map by Jonathan Trading Card by Jonathan Title: President Cleveland, Where Are You? Characters: Jerry, he is a good guy. Brother, he wants to go to the prom with Sally but doesn't have any money. Conflict: Jerry is trying to get all the president cards, but there is no Grover Cleveland and he gets a mitt for sending in his cards and his brother doesn't have any money to go to the prom. Setting: 1930's in the Depression. Event 1: Jerry was collecting money and he got 35¢ and at the time he was collecting cowboy cards so he went to the card shop and bought some cards. Event 2: Jerry was trading while his brother said he was wasting his money on cards than his dad for his birthday and he said what is more important, your dad or your cards. Event 3: He saw an ad in the paper for who ever sends the whole collection in first gets an autographed mitt. Climax: He found somebody that had Grover Cleveland and he went and got it. His brother still didn't have any moeny to go to the prom. He thought about selling the card. Resolution: He found a boy rich enough to buy the card. He gave his brother the money so he could go to the prom with Sally. He didn't know why he did it but some day he will look upon it and say, "I did that for my brother."

Story Map by Kaylin Trading Card by Sharla Title: President Cleveland, Where Are You? Characters: Jerry, Rollie Tramane, Armand, Roger Conflict: Jerry wanted a Grover Cleveland card but his brother needed money. Setting: About the 1930's, an old town, the Great Depression Event 1: Everyone collects western trading cards. Event 2: The cards go out and president cards come in. Event 3: Everyone collects the president cards. Event 4: Jerry needs one more to complete his set. Event 5: Armand wants to go to the prom. Event 6: Jerry sells the last card he needs to Rollie for $5.00. Event 7: Armand gets to go to the dance. Climax: When Armand tells Jerry that there's a Grover Cleveland card and it's just on the other side of town. Resolution: Jerry feels OK about letting his brother go to the dance.

Story Map by Kyle F. Trading Card by Kyle F. Title: President Cleveland, Where Are You? Characters: Rolly Tremaine, a snobbish rich kid. Roger Lussier, narrator's best friend. Jerry, main character and narrator. Armand, narrator's brother. Yolana and Yvette, narrator's sisters. Conflict: Jerry is having to put his family's needs before his. Setting: 1930's in America during the Great Depression. Event 1: Lemires drugstore stops selling cowboy cards and starts selling president cards. Event 2: Rolly, Jerry, and Roger become obsessed with the new presidents cards. Event 3: Jerry trades a Warren G. Harding for a Grover Cleveland card. Event 4: Jerry sells the Grover Cleveland card to Rolly for five dollars. Climax: When Jerry finally gets a Grover Cleveland card. Resolution: Jerry decides that selling the card to Rolly to buy shoes for his brother was a noble thing to do even if he isn't 100% happy.

Story Map by Beth Trading Card by Katie Title: President Cleveland, Where Are You? Characters: Rollie Tremaine had lots of money and had a Ken Maynards. Jerry is a boy who sants to collect all the President cards to get a glove. Armand, Jerry's brother, is caring about his father's birthday. Yolanda and Yvette are Jerry's sisters. They are twins and they take piano lessions. Roger Lussier is a kid who also wants cards and is Jerry's best friend. Conflict: Jerry had two choices. 15¢ for cowboy cards from his father, and from there on he has to make many hard decisions and some will change his life. Setting: The setting is during the Great Depression in the family of Jerry in a small community. Event 1: Jerry goes to the store. There were no more cowboy cards and only President cards were now in stock. Event 2: Jerry decided not to get any and ran home looking for his brother and sisters. Event 3: Armand fell in love and was going out with some girl on the better side of town. Event 4: Jerry sold his President card to a boy named Rollie and Rollie got the glove and Jerry was very disappointed. Climax: When Jerry found out that he did not get the glove. Resolution: Jerry started making big decisions between his family and cards.

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