Discussion Questions
1. Becca says she is twelve years old and close to the Shift. Do you think we really lose our childlike qualities see?2. Becca says her toys don’t bring her the same joy they used to. Why is that? Why, for most adults, do children’s toys lose their appeal? Do adults still engage in “play” at all?3. In the story, adult stories and imagination of monsters and disasters make them real. Do you think this is metaphorically true? Do telling stories often enough make them come true?4. Becca says, after the Shift, “I’ll be blind to the real wonders of the world. Just another clueless grown-up, walking around like I know everything.” Do think that is an accurate description of what it means to “grow up?” Why or why not?5. What would it mean, as an adult, to put on glasses that allowed you to see the metaphorical magic in the world around you like a child? How would the world change, if at all? Is it possible to really see the world, even for a moment, as a child? Is it even useful to see the world as a child?
