Book Club Questions

ANDY AND THE EXTROVERTS

  1. What genre and sub-genre would you classify Andy and the Extroverts as?
  2. Do you think the Vermont setting of the leadership camp has significance?
  3. Why do you think Andy doesn’t just try to walk home at the beginning of the book?
  4. What caused Andy to fall for Lucas?
  5. What caused Lucas to fall for Andy?
  6. What role do Paige and Emma play in the development of Andy’s character?
  7. How does your background with summer camp or knowing people who went to summer camp play into your reading of this book?
  8. In many ways, Andy’s relationship with Brynn shaped who she was at the beginning of the novel. Do you think Brynn was justified in letting Andy go as a friend? Do you think Andy should have tried harder to remain friends with Brynn?
  9. How is this book a commentary on invisible (or not so invisible) mental struggles?
  10. What do you think Andy and Dr. Santos talk about during their sessions?
  11. What was your favorite camp activity in Andy and the Extroverts and why?
  12. When the revelation of how Lucas has been spending all of his summers at Camp Follow the Leader comes out, Andy struggles with how to react. How would you have reacted if you found something similar out about a camp love interest?
  13. Andy’s experience at Camp Follow the Leader is full of firsts for her as a person. Which one of these experiences do you think affected her the most?
  14. Do you find Suzie to be a believable character? Why or why not?
  15. How are Lucas and Tyler alike? How are they different?
  16. How does Andy react differently to Lucas than Tyler?
  17. This book is as much about personal growth as it is about friendship and romance. How did Andy grow throughout the novel?
  18. Discuss how Dana must see Andy at the end of the novel in order to ask her to become a counselor next year.
  19. What is one word you would choose to describe this novel?
  20. What do you think Andy’s relationship with Brynn/Eric will be like moving forward?

ANDY AND THE SUMMER OF SOMETHING

  1. How does Andy think she has changed from last year at the beginning of this novel? Do you think that is actually the case?
  2. In what ways is Andy’s friendship with Paige the same as last year? In what ways is it different?
  3. How is Eric good for Andy? What were the pitfalls of their relationship?
  4. How is Lucas good for Andy? What problems do you think they will encounter together in the future?
  5. If you had to choose between Lucas and Eric for yourself as a teenager, who would you have selected and why?
  6. Andy’s campers are Participators with a capital P! Which one was your favorite and why? Which one was your least favorite and why?
  7. This book includes a sibling conflict between Lucas and Tyler that mostly happens off the page. Why do you think Tyler was mad at Lucas? How do you think the boys resolved it in the end?
  8. Andy’s mental health struggles are never labeled in either book, but we know she has her moments. In this book, she becomes overstimulated. How do each of the guys react to this? What would you need if you had a moment like Andy’s?
  9. What can Andy’s campers learn from her? Why do you think this is?
  10. Camp is full of activities. Which was your favorite in this book and why?
  11. Weather plays a role in this book. Last summer, the weather for Andy’s camp experience was wet and cool. This summer, the grass crunches under her feet and the sun blisters everything it touches. Why do you think the author includes these details? What is she trying to show the reader?
  12. Leadership camp is a little different than a normal summer camp. What did you notice that might differ or be the same as your camp experience? Would you want to go there if you could?
  13. The rock wall made a reappearance in this book. Many readers have mixed feelings about this scene. How do you feel about what happened there this summer for Andy?
  14. Have you ever met anyone in real life who acts like Destiny? Discuss.
  15. This book has arguably more of a romantic plotline than the first book in this series. Is this preferable or not?
  16. This YA book has a fade-to-black scene. Have you read any other YA books with a fade-to-black romantic scene? If you’re feeling spicy–what do you think happened between the two characters during this moment?
  17. The scene between Andy and Eric in the car is painful for both of them. Do you remember your first crush? If you feel like sharing, what happened there?
  18. Do you think you ever forget your first love?
  19. At the end of the book, some of the counselors leave for college. How did being a counselor prepare them for adulthood?
  20. This book is the end of a duology (a two-book series). Did the ending satisfy you as a reader? Why or why not?

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