Did you suspect that Lucy and Jonah were actually hallucinations? Did you pick up on any of the hints or clues that perhaps they weren’t real? How do you think Hannah reacted when she learned that they were created by her mind? Do you think they were the first people that hallucinated?
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What do you think of Hannah and the stories she is telling about her life? Do you think she can be trusted to even tell her own story? Why or why not?
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The longer Hannah is at the institution, and the more she speaks with Dr. Lightfoot, the more she reveals about herself. Has your perception or understanding of Hannah changed from the first few chapters? How does she come off to you though her interactions with others?
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As the book begins and we learn a bit about Hannah as she started her summer school program, what do we come to learn about her? How did she come to the institution?
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This book looks interesting, and I can’t wait to hear everyone’s thoughts!
Next week’s Teen Reads book is a psychological thriller that will keep you guessing. We will be reading A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel.
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Seventeen-year-old Hannah Gold has always been treated like a grown up. As the only child of two New York professionals, she’s been traveling the world and functioning as a miniature adult since the day she was born. But that was then. Now, Hannah has been checked into a remote treatment facility, stripped of all autonomy and confined to a single room.
Hannah knows there’s been a mistake. What happened to her roommate that summer was an accident. As soon as the doctor and judge figure out that she isn’t a danger to herself or others, she can get back to her life of promise and start her final year at school. Until then, she’s determined to win over the staff and earn some privileges so she doesn’t lose her mind to boredom.
But then she’s assigned a new roommate. At first, Lucy is the perfect project to keep Hannah’s focus off all she is missing at home. But Lucy may be the one person who can make Hannah confront the secrets she’s avoiding – and the dangerous games that landed her in confinement in the first place.
Check back on Monday for the first discussion question!
Happy reading!
The book ends with the same lines that started it. The author does’t specifically say what happens at the end of the book. What do you think happens after the book ends?
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Kyle starts questioning his increasingly bad decisions, and wonders why he continues to make these choices. Do you think there was a point Kyle could have changed his mind, and started to change his habits?
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The more we learn about Kyle and the lines he is crossing with his behaviour, the more we start to see how those decisions are effecting his perspective. Why do you think Kyle keeps pushing further and further into increasingly bad behaviour?
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Kyle Chase has a lot of different relationships in his life – his parents, his sister, his friends, Ashley, and more. Which relationships, if any, seem to have the most impact on his life, and his actions?
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The book is written in second person, using “you” to make the reader feel as if they are a part of the story. Do you like this writing style? Why or why not?
Why do you think the author chose to write the book in second person?
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