Maddie+Welsh

Day 1: Discussion Leader (1-50)
 * 1) Who are the main characters and what is their conflict so far?
 * 2) The boy and the man seem to talk about death quite a bit in this chapter? Do you think this is telling us one of them eventually dies?
 * 3) They go into describing the setting a lot, what does the setting tell you about the situation?

Day 2: Vocabulary Miser (51-102)
 * 1) Page 54, Provenance: The beginning of something's existence; something's origin.
 * 2) Page 58, Obsidian: A hard, dark, glass like volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization

Day 3: Literary Luminary (103-154)
 * 1) "If they find you you are going to have to do it. Do you understand? Shh. No crying. Do you hear me? You know how to do it. You put it in your mouth and point it up. Do it quick and hard." (113)
 * 2) "Dry and almost tasteless. But an apple. He ate it entire, seeds and all." (121)
 * 3) "He lay there a long time, lifting up the water to his mouth a palmful at a time. Nothing in his memory anywhere of anything so good." (123)
 * 4) "Rich dreams now which he was loathe to wake from. Things no longer known in the world." (131)

Day 4: Connection Master (155-203) Day 5: Discussion Leader 1.) If the father never died, would the father trust the man in the road the way the boy would? 2.) Whenever the boy is most afraid why does he think of the little boy? 3.) Would the father be happy if the boy was taken into the family's care?
 * 1) "Impossible to tell what time of day he was looking at." (155)
 * 2) Over summer, I wake up not knowing what time it is or what day. I hate this feeling. I cannot possible imagine what it would be like to feel like this all year round.