Girl in the Walls is a staggeringly beautiful, heart-wrenching work that literally brought me to tears. Katy Michelle Quinn is a profoundly important writer who has gifted us a story of uncertainty, pain-both physical and emotional-and the conflict of becoming one’s true self. Sam Richard, Wonderland Award-winning author of To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows “Heartfelt and full of wonder, Girl in the Walls further establishes Quinn as one of the rawest and realest fabulists writing today.” PRAISE FOR GIRL IN THE WALLSĭanger Slater, Wonderland Award-winning author of I Will Rot Without You, Puppet Skin, and more But as Vernon and Violet become friends, Vernon starts to realize that she’s much more like him than he thought, leading him down a fairy-tale path of self-discovery. She’s pretty and cool, and she has a closetful of cute clothes. It’s a relief when Vernon discovers a space inside the walls of his bedroom, a space inhabited by a mysterious girl named Violet. Neither was moving into an old house in a bumpkin-run town in the Cascadian forest, where the shadows move and the stairs make a sound like dying crows. Leaving the city was not Vernon’s choice.
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On page 9, Tova empathizes with the sharks in the big aquarium tank, musing that she “understands what it means to never be able to stop moving, lest you find yourself unable to breathe.” Why do you think she feels so compelled to keep busy? What would happen if she simply stopped?.What qualities bind these characters to each other? Are they connected by loss, grief or something else? Each of these characters - animal and human - need each other in a specific way, even if they don’t realize this at first.What kind of person do you think Marcellus would be if he were human? What qualities do Marcellus and Tova both share that make this remarkable friendship a success?. After reading, use the discussion questions provided by the publisher to start a conversation with family and friends. |