Compare the relationship between Candy and his dog with the relationship between George and Lennie. What parallels (similarities) can you find?
What do you think will happen in your book? What makes you predict that? What do you like about your book at this point? What do you dislike about the book? Explain both. Try to find a way to connect your book to something in Limetown or OMM. It could be a big idea, character point, plot point, etc.
What does it mean to belong? How important is it for human beings to have a place where they belong, where there are people who know them and love them?
Do you think most of us are too reliant on tech? Why yes/no? What is the cost of replacing physical human interaction with tech?
What does this chapter say about fathers? Why would Zits’ father have this memory and how would it affect his decision in the end? What are some of the effects of this that echo through Zits’ life?
How many books that have been challenged in the past do you think you’ve read? What are the top reasons that books are challenged (in general)? What are the different reasons why this book (Flight) could be controversial? What are issues in this book that are issues to teens today? What in Zits’ life has made him a controversial person? Are those things filled with controversy?
What books have you read (or been exposed to) that you feel should not be accessible to children or teens? Why or why not? What books have you read that you think ‘adults’ may have issues with? Why would they?