Please answer three of the following questions by November 4th to receive credit for reading City of Bones.

1. Is Valentine a particularly good nemesis? How is his evil character revealed to the reader?

2.    Would you allow the Silent Brothers access to your own mind and memory for any reason?

3.    “Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants. “ (p.213) Do you agree? Why do you think this feeling of isolation is part of transforming into an adult?

4.    How do you think Clary’s relationship with her brother and her friend, Simon, will change after the events of the novel? Who do you think changed the most over the course of the story?

5.    Do you think Clary would’ve been a happier person if the Shadow World and her own mundane Brooklyn had never collided? Is the power and insight she gains worth the pain and loss she must suffer to have it?

6.    What do you think of Hodge? Is he evil? Why does he betray Jace and Clary at the Institute?

7.  Clare’s mother made the decision to keep Clary away from the world of Shadowhunters. Do you agree with this decision? Why or why not?

Please answer three of the following questions by October 9th to participate in our discussion of Freak the Mighty.

1. Why does Max call the first chapter of his book, "The Unvanquished Truth"?

2. Does Freak really believe that he will be "the first bionically improved human" by having a body transplant? What does Freak mean when he says "you can remember anything, whether it happened or not?"

3. What is the irony in calling the tenements the New Testaments? What is ironic about Killer Kane posing as the Reverend Kenneth David Kane?

4. How do Kevin and Max help each other? Who needs who more?

5. How would you feel towards Max if you were in Grim’s shoes?

6. Is the overall message of the book that people can change, or that people can’t change? What case can you make for each view?