Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- How is this story be affected by a having narrator that can'tbe trusted to be objective?
- Critics have accused the book of "glorifying extortion." In what ways does the story deal with issues of greed, blackmail, and Artemis's mostly criminal hobbies?
- The story borrows from a lot of different myths and legends tocreate the fairy People. How might this approach benefit or take away from theoverall coherence?
- We could say the pre-teen protagonist is just to get younger readers, but what other reasons could there be for Artemis's age, and how do those reasons shape the story?
- The scenes with Artemis's mom can seem a bit… well… sad andout of place in the fast-paced action and magical stuff of the novel, so whyhave them in there? And is there a diagnosis we can make for what's happeningwith her mind?
- Artemis gets compared to a vampire several times—where on thebloodsucker scale (from Count Chocula to Count Dracula) would you put him if he actually was one?