The Snow Child Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, Snegurochka and our BookBrowse Review of The Snow Child.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. When Mabel first arrives in Alaska, it seems a bleak and lonely place to her. Does her sense of the land change over time? If so, how?
2. Why are Jack and Mabel emotionally estranged from each other in the beginning of the novel, and how are they able to overcome that?
3. How do Esther Benson and Mabel differ in temperament, and how does their friendship change Mabel?

Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Reagan Arthur. Any page references refer to a USA edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other editions.