How are the characters similar to me?

How are the characters different from me?

How does this book make me feel?

Whose voices are present in the book? Whose are not?

Whose experiences are represented? Whose are not?

What are the characters’ strengths? What are the challenges or obstacles they face? 

• Are these visible (on the outside) or internal (on the inside) or both?

How do those strengths and challenges contribute to their identity?

Why does this matter?

What does this book have to say about the world?

How am I changed as a result of reading this book?

How am I inspired to live differently? To take action?

What do I understand now that I hadn’t thought about before reading this book?