Title: Scarlet
Series Identifier: Lunar Chronicles book 2
Format: Book
Genre:
- Fantasy
- Sci-fi
- Young Adult
Conversation Topic:
- Alcohol/substance abuse
- Betrayal
- Consequences
- Cultural Representation
- Death
- Difficult emotions
- Family
- Feeling alone
- Finding Oneself/Identity Development
- Moral dilemma
- Problem Solving
- Resilience
- Rumors/gossip
- Standing up for others
- Strong female role models
- Standing up for oneself
- Trust
- Sacrifice for others
- Taking responsibility for one’s actions
- Working with others
Relatable Experience:
- Abuse
- Acceptance
- Alcohol/substance abuse
- Bullying
- Death
- Fighting
- Loss (other than death)
- Moving
- Single parent
Insights:
- Scarlet deals with a lot of betrayal, from Wolf, her alcoholic father, and from her grandmother, who she thought never kept secrets from her.
- She is able to make the right decision and face what comes her way even when her world comes crashing down with confusion, secrets, death, and loss all around her.
- She stands up for Cinder, who she’s never met, and voices her strong opinions.
- Cinder still has difficulty dealing with who she is and being different, showing how it takes time to adapt to change.
- “She wanted to scream to the world that it wasn’t her fault she was this way. She’d had nothing to do with it.”
- Being judged by others can be painful, possible linkage to disability and race.
- Z’s story shows how changing one’s thoughts about a situation can change behavior and attitude, and make the choice your own.
- Book also provides discussion questions to think about the story more deeply.
Anecdotes:
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