- Brynn is given a real shock when she learns the truth of her connection with Kinsey. What did you think of her reaction? How do you think you’d react if you were told a similar life-altering fact?
- Kinsey has been dealing with illness her whole life. How do you think that’s affected who she has become? In what ways do you think difficulties shape our character?
- Families come in many different forms and in this novel, Brynn and Kinsey are struggling to decide if they are family or if they are just biologically related. How would you define family? What makes a family unit?
- If Kinsey had told Brynn the truth about their connection when she first moved in, would Brynn’s reaction have been different or would she have believed she was only wanted for her kidney? Was Kinsey right to try to build a relationship first?
- If you were Eli, would you have made the decision to keep Kinsey’s secret?
- Kinsey sees herself as selfish. Do you agree?
- Keeping a secret to protect another happens more than once in The Summer Deal, from Brynn not telling her moms about the childhood bullying to Kinsey not telling Brynn about their father. Is this kind of secret worth it or is it a type of lie? Would you keep this kind of secret?
