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The amulet

by Michael McDowell

In the tiny town of Pine Cone, Alabama, Sarah Howell's handsome young husband Dean is injured by a faulty rifle, rendering him blind, mute, and motionless. Now Sarah is forced to live with her vindictive and controlling mother-in-law Jo, who blames the entire town for what became of her boy. When a spree of gruesome fatal accidents spread around Pine Cone, Sarah suspects the culprit is the strange amulet that Jo gave away as a gift. Sarah enlist her friend Becca to hunt down the amulet before it kills again.

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  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?