Chapter Six

Toward the end of this chapter, Livvie realizes that she chose to stay with Phil when she could have gone home all along.  What other thoughts do you think might have been going through her mind when she realized this?

Chapter Five

Why do you think Phil is so secretive about his upstairs study?

Chapter Four

How do you think Peter feels about the possibility of his father getting romantically involved with Livvie's mother?

Chapter Four

On page 40, Livvie's mother says, "I don't believe in bad luck.  I think it's just an excuse for not picking yourself up and getting on with life.  Bad things happen to everybody.  It's all a matter of how you handle them."

Phil says, "Don't you think that some people are luckier than others?"

What do you believe?

Chapter Nineteen

Pretty exciting chapter, eh?  Before you dive into chapter twenty, please make a thoughtful and educated prediction about how the story will reach its climax (the climax is the turning point of a story at its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given).  Be sure to explain your reasoning.

Chapter Eighteen

Sorry this is late.


Now who do you think those two men are?  What do you think they want?  What should Megan, Sandy, and Ben do?

Please Pass the Word

I forgot to remind everyone that music class will be in the gym on Monday, so please bring or wear your sneakers.

Chapter Seventeen

It seems that the relationship between Megan and Ben changed somewhat during this part of the story.  How do you think it changed and why do you think this change occurred?

Chapter Seventeen

Near the end of this chapter, Megan remembered about the two men in the blue car with Minnesota plates.  Whom do you suspect they might be?

Chapter Seventeen

Grandpa thinks that Megan's mother should agree to speak with their grandfather, Daniel.  What do you think about this and why?

Chapter Sixteen

Wow!  That was certainly a lot for Meagan to hear and absorb.  Instead of one specific question on this chapter, please share whatever it made you feel and think as you read and learned about Megan's family history.  Be sure to elaborate and be sure to also discuss how you think Megan should react to all of this.

Chapter Sixteen

Page 143: "Consternation swept over her mother's face, and she put out a hand to the rail beside the steps to steady herself, as if her legs might give way beneath her."

What do you think "consternation" means?

Chapter Sixteen

Please share your idea for a title.

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 Click here: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Skin Cancer

And here: The Skin Cancer Foundation

Chapter Fifteen

Based on what you know, what you can infer, and what you predict, what are you expecting Grandpa to tell Megan and Sandy?

Chapter Fifteen

How 'bout a good title...

You only need respond to chapter title posts once.

Chapter Fourteen

Please reread, stating with the last paragraph on page 126, going through the second paragraph on page 128.  During this time, Megan has several questions concerning her as they row out to the island.  Please share your thoughts on any possible answers (and why you think what you do) to any of those questions.

Chapter Fourteen

What would be the best title for this chapter?

Chapter Thirteen

Page 117: "'If I'm not careful I'm going to usurp your mother's right to explain things herself, the way she wants.'"

What part of speech is usurp?  What do you think it means?

Chapter Thirteen

Page 122: "'I'm coming,' she said, then folded the mysterious birth certificate and put it into the bag with the book and her clothes to study later, wondering if the wild suspicions that coursed through her mind could possibly be true."

What do you suppose these suspicions are?  What are yours?