- 1. How culpable were Lou and Chloe’s parents in what happened to their daughters?
- 2. Lou admits that she actively pursued Mike, even when he refused to kiss her and that she didn’t give his wife a second thought. She was fourteen years old. Sixteen is the age of consent. Would you have judged her actions differently if she were fifteen and a half?
- 3. How do Lou, Wendy and Chloe change over the course of the book?
- 4. Why do you think Lou pushes Ben away from her even though she knows he’s a good person?
- 5. Do you think Lou does the right thing when she re-opens her past by trapping Mike? What would you have done in this situation?
- 6. How important is the fact that Mike was Lou’s teacher?
- 7. How do you think Wendy feels about Lou by the end of the book?
- 8. Who do you think is the real victim of this story?
- 9. Do you think the authorities dealt with the issues in this book appropriately? Could they have done anything more to help the girls?
- 10. Why do you think people like Mike behave in the way that they do?