Wings in the Wild Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

Book Club Discussion Questions

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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, Cuban Refugees in Costa Rica and our BookBrowse Review of Wings in the Wild.

Please be aware that this discussion guide will contain spoilers!

1. Describe Soleida when the book opens. What is her living situation? What matters to her? What does she worry about? Then describe her at the end of the novel in Costa Rica. What is she doing? What major changes have taken place in her life?
2. Why doesn't Soleida get off the plane to be with her parents? How does she feel about her decision? Do you think she made the right choice? What might have happened to her if she'd stayed in Cuba?
3. How did Soleida get to Costa Rica, and how did she come to be at Mireya's home? Why had she been with Vivi, and what happened to her? How did the journey change her emotionally?

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