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Pg 54 ‘Zoe felt at a dead end’ …. Pg 55 ‘she wasn’t going to hang around.’ What does it mean, ‘Zoe felt at a dead end,’?
Why doesn’t she want to escape with Dooby?
Which part of the text tells us that Zoe might be in trouble?Pg 55 ‘She found William’ ….to the end of the page?
Which word or words tells me the book William is reading is well used?
What does William find funny about the book he is reading?
What made Zoe jump?
Pg 56 ‘Right said William,’ …. Pg 56 ‘…but mostly stuff I needed to know about.’Was there always water between Eel island and Norwich?
Why didn’t Zoe’s parents tell her about what it was like before? What information do you think they gave her?
Why did the remains of cars litter the street of Norwich?
Why was Zoe worried that she might offend William?
Pg 56 ‘How old would your parents be?’ …. Pg 57 ‘but she didn’t interrupt.’Which phrase tells you that the weather started going wrong?
Where does William think the main part of the country still is?
What caused people to start panicking?
At the end William says they didn’t get any more news, why do you think that was?Pg 57 ‘Then things got worse’ … end of page 58.
Why does the author appear to use a lot of ellipses in this section? What is he trying to show?
Who was on the island first – Dooby or William? How do you know?
Why has the author said, ‘It was a world of which she only knew the shadows,’ what does that tell the reader?
Pg 59 ‘Oh he’ll go, all right’ …. Pg 59 ‘the name on his book again’?
What does the phrase ‘fished in her memory’ tell you?
Why do you think Zoe struggles to remember her second name?
William says that people stopped using their real names why do you think that is?
Why might William’s name be on the front of the book? What does that possibly tell you?
Pg ‘But Zoe wasn’t listening,’ …. Pg 60. ‘is your little child’ (end of the poem).
What causes William to ‘lose it again’?
Why is the paragraph in the middle of the page in italics? What kind of book do you think William was reading?
Who does William say Lyca is?
Pg 60 ‘William, you’re not listening,’ …. Pg 61 ‘We’ve found a spy.’
Who does William suggest that Zoe should take with her in her boat? Is it right? Explain your answer.
Which tribe does the spy come from?
What do you think is going to happen to the spy?Pg 61 ‘A young man was being pulled into the building’ …. End of the page.
How did the spy get to the island?
Which words or phrases tell you how the spy is feeling?
What does Dooby do to try and make the spy talk?
Why does Zoe look away when Dooby swings his boot at the spy?
Pg 62 to the end of the chapter.
- Why can’t Zoe sleep?
- The author doesn’t tell us what is happening to the spy but what clues does he leave in the text to suggest what is happening?
- What has Zoe discovered towards the end of the chapter that might be useful for her?
