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- How did one teacher change the course of Xiomara’s existence?
- How are Xiomara and her mother alike in their passions?
- How does Father Sean support Xiomara in her search for her
personal identity?
- Aman shows Xiomara that her body is not the only thing that
speaks to boys. How does he show her that she is more than other men
have made her feel?
- How does Xiomara reckon with her own silence? Have you ever felt
silenced? Why or why not?
- How does Xiomara’s relationship with writing change her
relationship with her mother over the course of the novel?
- Why do you think writing affects her relationship with her
mother? What about church and spirituality–how does X compare and
contrast religion (prayer) and poetry?
- What is it about writing that makes Xiomara feel brave?
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