Mbsid
I have done lit. circles with this book...using RT strategies. It has worked really well. I also have had them do a half way through project. I gave them the "100 alternatives to book reports" list and let them choose (with some of my assistance) a project to do. It's been a lot of fun. I also found a webquest that has a final project activity (I can't remember the link...I just type webquest in a search engine, and then, once I'm there, search for MBSID).
Hope this helps! :-)