by Audrey Couloumbis Published 2005

What kind of events in the story did you want to have explained or described to you more fully?

Where in the story do you notice that the adults hold differing ideas about what these young men should do?Ê

When do Dolly and Theo find opportunities to let Grace know they understand exactly how she feels?

Grace turns down the chance to say good-bye to Collin, and she shuts herself off to her own emotions so fast she hardly feels them.ÊLater in the story, there are more good-byes.ÊHow do these contribute to opening her heart again?