Phoebe cover

Phoebe

by Marilyn Kaye

Arriving home from summer camp, eleven-year-old Phoebe disappointedly finds everything has changed--the living room furniture is new, her mother has a job, and her best friends have become interested in boys--and then she begins to grow up in her own way when she leads a protest against book banning in the library.

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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?