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DISCUSSION

When a note asking for help magically appears in Clementine’s mysterious old chest, she must decide: Is she a rock or a leaf? What would you do in her place? Explore the story with thought-provoking questions.

CAUTION: CONTAINS SPOILERS!

CLEMENTINE LEMONS: THE EARTH STONE, PART 1

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CHAPTER 1
  1. What is Clementine’s favorite book series, and why?
  2. Why does Clementine go into the antique store, and what does she bring home?
CHAPTER 2
  1. Where does Andro live? Would you want to live there? Why? Why not?
  2. Where does Andro’s granny say their “magic” spice chest comes from? Is it really magic?
CHAPTER 3
  1. What does Clem lose? What does she think happened to them?
  2. Describe Clementine and her brother Fergus’ relationship.
  3. Do you think Clementine’s plan to catch Fergus stealing her stuff was good? What would you have done differently?
CHAPTER 4
  1. How old was Andro when he first started working? was this fair?
  2. What does Andro find in the chest next?
CHAPTER 5
  1. Why doesn’t Clem want to tell her parents about the disappearing items? Should she have?
CHAPTER 6
  1. Where does Andro believe the “gifts” are coming from?
  2. What does Granny do with the message? Why?
CHAPTER 7
  1. Who is the Black Peacock, and why doesn’t the Black Peacock want people to know how to read?
CHAPTER 8
  1. What event happens at work that causes Andro and Ablikim to want to respond to the message?
  2. How did Ablikim translate Clementine’s note? Was his translation correct?
  3. Does Ablikim believe in magic? How does he explain “science” to Andro?
CHAPTER 9
  1. What does Clem think when her stuff magically reappears in the chest?
  2. Who are Clem’s best friends?
CHAPTER 10
  1. What is the “Ripple Effect”?
  2. Have you ever experienced prejudice like the boy in the alley? How did it make you feel?
  3. When the Professor tells Clem “The only real question is, are you the rock, or are you the leaf?”, what do you think he meant?
CHAPTER 11
  1. What does Andro want to ask Clementine Lemons for? Why does Ablikim disagree?
  2. What does Andro discover in the book marked 1-6-6-2?
CHAPTER 12
  1. Where do Andro and Ablikim go?
  2. How are Andro and Clementine’s chests connected?
CHAPTER 13
  1. What happened to Princess Cyra and Prince Cetin?
  2. What do Andro, Ablikim, and Daro hope are in Clementine’s chest?
CHAPTER 14
  1. How does Clem try to get into the locked drawers? Does anything she tries work?
  2. What does Clementine learn about the Stones while visiting the Chinese restaurant, Bǎoshí?
CHAPTER 15
  1. Where does Clem find the first key? What does she find inside the drawer?
  2. What happens when Clementine picks the hummingbird flute up?
CLEMENTINE LEMONS: THE EARTH STONE, PART 2
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CHAPTER 16

1. What’s the first thing that happens to Clem when she arrives in Pangier?
2. Who is the first person Clem meets in Pangier? What’s different about them?
3. How can Clementine understand what people are saying since Pangian’s do not speak English, and she does not speak Pangian?

CHAPTER 17

1. Where does Raveen take Clementine? Should Clem have followed her? Why? Why not?
2. Why do Raveen and her dad want the hummingbird flute?
3. What do the Winged think of the Wingless? Is this fair?

CHAPTER 18

1. Where does Clementine wake up?
2. Now that Clementine is in Pangier, can she communicate with Andro?

CHAPTER 19

1. How does Clem escape?

CHAPTER 20

1. Who does Clementine meet next?
2. Where does Clementine realize she is?

CHAPTER 21

1. Why is Clementine nervous about her upcoming journey with Kiwi and Emos?

CHAPTER 22

1. What does Po teach Clem and Kiwi to help them navigate?
2. Now that Clementine is on her own adventure, does she think the Adriana James series is accurate?

CHAPTER 23

1. Why can’t Emos and his team get to Clem and Kiwi?
2. What is the most poisonous bug in Pangier?

CHAPTER 24

1. When Clem gets really hungry, what does it make her realize about Andro’s life in Dohi? How does this make her feel?
2. How do the girls get to the bottom of the valley? Would you ride a flume?

CHAPTER 25

1. Who do Clem and Kiwi meet in the valley?

CHAPTER 26

1. What things do Wek and Rea teach the girls to help them survive in the forest?

CHAPTER 27

1. Is Clem right to be upset at Wek and Rea’s plans to deal with the Kiwi’s Winged twin? Would you be upset?

CHAPTER 28

1. Why do Clem & Kiwi take Wek’s forbidden shortcut?

CHAPTER 29

1. What happens when Kiwi picks and cooks the wrong type of fruit?

CHAPTER 30

1. What is Wheku like? Would you want to visit?

CHAPTER 31

1. After discovering Strigops is a traitor, how do Clem and Kiwi escape?
2. Why doesn’t Kiwi trust Myst?
3. What does Clementine learn about her hummingbird whistle?

CHAPTER 32

1. What plan does Clem come up with to get across the swamp?
2. What does Clementine trade with Komo for the supplies they need?

CHAPTER 33

1. How is it that Myst sees where he is going?

CHAPTER 34

1. When Strigops kidnaps Kiwi, how do they get her back?
2. Where is Myst’s home? Who do they find there? And what does that say about Kiwi’s dad?

CHAPTER 35

1. Why did Clem and Kiwi go back and save Raveen?

CHAPTER 36

1. Who created the Forgotten City? Were the Winged or the Wingless, right?

CHAPTER 37

1. Where does Clem find the Earth Stone, and what happens when she picks it up?

CHAPTER 38

1. What did you think of the ending?

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

1. What are your overall thoughts and feelings about this book?
2. Who was your favorite character? Why?
3. What did you learn from this book about yourself or the subject matter?
4. Did the book challenge or change your perspectives?

RESOURCES

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