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?

THE FRAMING GAME

1. Did you go into this novel with any expectations? What were they, and were they met or not?
2. The book is called THE FRAMING GAME. After reading, we find out that Virginia is framed for a crime, but it is also about how we frame ourselves. What labels or expectations have you put on yourself? Are you similar or different from Virginia in this way?
3. Which character did you find most interesting and why?
4. One of Xander’s major flaws is the name he calls Virginia. How did this shape your perception of him, and do you think he did enough to backpedal from it at the end?
5. Virginia, in a lot of ways, is still naive about the world. Do you think this is because of her parents or also a little bit because of her own personality? Why or why not?
6. Agnes is Virginia’s best friend, but we find out she did something horrible to Virginia. Could you stay friends with someone after that? Why or why not?
7. Virginia has a complicated relationship with food because of her mother and her own expectations of her body. At the end, do you think she ends up in a healthier place with this? Why or why not?
8. Of the people Virginia has stepped on to get to the top, who was your favorite character, and why?
9. Virginia finds release from stress through running. Do you have something that you use in a similar way in your own life? What is your outlet?
10. How did the pacing of this novel go for you? Was it too fast or too slow in parts?
11. Did you predict the culprit at the end of the book?
12. What would you have done differently in this book if you were Virginia? Why?
13. Xander never gave up on Virginia. Though he likes to mess with her, that much is clear. How much does it matter in life to have someone in your corner in this way?
14. The romance between Virginia and Xander is essential to the plot. What was your favorite romantic scene between the two of them? Why?
15. Do you think Xander will ever cut his hair?
16. If you had to choose between the Nefertiti Niblets and the Nile Pile, which would you choose? Why?
17. At one point, Virginia says that going out to get disgusting hot dogs with Xander and the way he held her hand meant more to her than their make-out sessions ever did. Why do you think this is?
18. What lingering questions do you have after finishing this book?
19. Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?
20. If this were adapted into a film or series, what would be the most important part to preserve? Why?

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