Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- We learn about the events leading up to Agatha's disappearance in flashback. How does this affect the way we understand the story?
- What role does Georgie and Agatha's missing father play? Does Pa's decade-old disappearance have any influence on what happens?
- Could Georgie's character have been a boy as easily as a girl? Do we read a story about two sisters differently than a story about a brother and sister?
- Is Agatha's disappearance and possible death actually Georgie's fault? Does anyone else deserve to share the blame, or is Agatha entirely responsible for the decisions she makes?
- Georgie is awfully precocious for a thirteen-year-old, which might make us think she's more mature than she actually is. Does Georgie have a lot of growing up to do, as Agatha suggests? Does she do any of that growing up over the course of the novel?