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Last Man Out

by Melissa Fay Greene

Relates the story of how an incredibly lucky group of miners managed to live through the worst mining accident of the twentieth century, the 1958 explosion at Nova Scotia's Springhill Mine.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?