1. What is the effect of hearing the story from both Jess and Emily’s point of view? Could you keep track?
2. The Isle of Wight feels like an extra character in the novel. Discuss how the island setting is used in the story.
3. Do your feelings about Jess and Emily shift throughout the novel? If so, how do they change?
4. How does the author pull the wool over the reader’s eyes in preparation for the first major twist? Did you see it coming? Or was it a surprise?
5. Discuss the relationship between Emily and James, and how it changes after Jess’s arrival.
6. The title Little Sister could relate to Jess and Emily or Chloe and Daisy. How are their relationships different from one another?
7. Did you suspect who was behind Daisy’s disappearance? Was each character responsible in their own way?
8. The ending is intentionally ambiguous: what does life hold for those characters? Do you think it was the right ending?
9. The relationship between sisters has often been explored. Share your favourite films/TV programmes/books about sisters.
10. What did you enjoy most or least about Little Sister?