• Once Nora is alone in the canyon, the book’s text changes to verse. Why did the author choose to write in verse from Nora’s point of view?

• Who or what is “the Beast”?

• What do you think Mary meant when she told Nora “Facing fear is a skill that must be learned”?

• Nora thinks “I don’t want to survive the next year as I did the last year. I want to live the next year.” What does Nora mean by this? How can this apply to your life?

• Liminal space can be a physical place, like a threshold or a hallway or it can relate to transitioning to something new and unknown, as explained in the chapter “Liminal Space” on page 233. How is Nora in both a physical and a psychological liminal space?