Discussion Questions
- Do you think Rosemary and Rex Walls were good parents?
- Do you believe the kids enjoyed their childhood?
- If you had land, would you sell it to live a better life than them? Or would you keep it because it's been in your family for generations?
- If you had a childhood like the Walls kids, would you still have done what they did? What would you have done differently?
- If you were Rosemary, would you have stayed with Rex?
- What are the good ways that the Walls parents were good at?
- Could you imagine yourself living as one of the Walls children?
- What scene, in the book, was most memorable for you?
- Were you surprised that the Walls kids were somewhat close to their parents as adults?
- Do you think Jeanette was right to say that "if you want to be treated like a mother than you should act like one"? Do you think that Rex Walls did the right thing in punishing her?
- Does the imagery she uses bring you into the book?
- Why doesn't Jeannette stand up for homeless people when her professor brought the subject up and singled her out?