Bound to the Ground (Hogue) - Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions
1. Is Leah's strong, sassy character one that you can relate to? Would you or would you not stand up to your parent/ legal guardian if you felt passionately about a subject or would you trust their judgment based on their knowledge and experiences?
 
2. How would you rate John's role as a guardian? Do you think it is right or fair of him to continue to play the "parent" role even though Leah is eighteen, a legal adult?
 
3. What do you think of Leah's openness and readiness to trust Garret and Dean, especially after John's experience with mysterious strangers? Is that choice wise or safe, or naive and stupid? Or do you admire her bravery?
 
4. At what point in the story did you, the reader, become absorbed into the storyline and have that "impossible to put this book down" moment?
 
5. Did you find that the first person writing technique distanced you from the main character? Or could you fully grasp, scene by scene, what was happening in Leah's life?
 
6. At what point in time did you decide whether or not you liked the book? What helped you make this decision?
 
7. What major emotion did Bound to the Ground evoke in you, the reader?
 
8. In Bound to the Ground there are a few interesting plot twists, were you able to predict them before they happened or were you shocked and surprised by the turn of events?
 
9. Is there a scene, conversation, or character that you would change and why?
 
10. Will you be actively looking for the sequel to Bound to the Ground?
 
11. Would you like to see Bound to the Ground as a movie? If so, who would you like to see play Leah, Garret, and John's roles?
(Questions courtesy of the author.)

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