Acea and the Animal Kingdom (Shoop) - Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions
1.  What was your favorite zoo room and why?

2.  Did you learn anything new about any of the animals in the book?

3.  Were animal characteristics effectively used in the book to move the plot forward, rather than feeling like a lesson about animals?

4.  Did you find the use of the first person point of view helpful in creating mystery and tension?

5.  Often times, a fantasy-adventure novel relies upon the reader being able to have a clear vision of the world in his/her head—did the author adequately describe each of the rooms to allow this?

6.  If you were Acea, how would you have felt once you learned about why you were brought to the Animal Kingdom, and the Kingdom's mysterious history?

7.  The name of the second book is Acea and the Seven Ancient Wonders. If you haven't read the first chapter of this book (which is at the end of Acea and the Animal Kingdom), what do you think is behind the "Exit" door? If you have read the first chapter of book two, what would you have had behind the door? What do you think will happen in the second book?
(Questions courtesy of the author.)

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