Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Is the cloud cat plotline necessary to the book? Could it have been written without that aspect of the story?
- Matt spends a lot of time dreaming he can fly because it connects him to his father and how he died. But what if his dad had been killed in a more mundane way? If he'd been hit by a bus, would Matt dream of driving public transportation?
- The tale is set in a world where airplanes have never been invented. How does technology impact the story?
- Why does the author include very recognizable landmarks (like the Eiffel Tower), but change other things like the name of the Pacific Ocean to Pacificus? What do those changes imply?
- Why is it so important that Matt is still working on mourning his father? Couldn't the story just have been a pirate adventure tale?