How did Hannah’s parents react to her diagnosis, and the challenges she would face for the rest of her life? Were their reactions understandable? Or were they in the wrong for reacting so strongly?
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QOTD #4: A Danger to Herself and Others
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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QOTD #3: A Danger to Herself and Others
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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QOTD #2: A Danger to Herself and Others
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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QOTD #1: A Danger to Herself and Others
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!
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A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
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.
Download the book as an ebook from Hoopla:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12305925
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!