This novel contains vivid imagery. Choose a passage and describe how the words that the author chooses make you feel like you can picture the scene in your mind’s eye.

Discuss the concepts of self-love and self-esteem in this book. How do they affect the main characters? How do they affect those outside the Binewski family?

What makes the Binewskis the kind of family they are? What about Miss Lick’s family background makes her both similar and different from Oly?