ANDY AND THE EXTROVERTS
- What genre and sub-genre would you classify Andy and the Extroverts as?
- Do you think the Vermont setting of the leadership camp has significance?
- Why do you think Andy doesn’t just try to walk home at the beginning of the book?
- What caused Andy to fall for Lucas?
- What caused Lucas to fall for Andy?
- What role do Paige and Emma play in the development of Andy’s character?
- How does your background with summer camp or knowing people who went to summer camp play into your reading of this book?
- 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?
- How is this book a commentary on invisible (or not so invisible) mental struggles?
- What do you think Andy and Dr. Santos talk about during their sessions?
- What was your favorite camp activity in Andy and the Extroverts and why?
- 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?
- 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?
- Do you find Suzie to be a believable character? Why or why not?
- How are Lucas and Tyler alike? How are they different?
- How does Andy react differently to Lucas than Tyler?
- This book is as much about personal growth as it is about friendship and romance. How did Andy grow throughout the novel?
- Discuss how Dana must see Andy at the end of the novel in order to ask her to become a counselor next year.
- What is one word you would choose to describe this novel?
- What do you think Andy’s relationship with Brynn/Eric will be like moving forward?
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