Staggerford Discussion Questions -- Pages 93-End

1.) Discuss the overall structure of the novel:

• Using the days of the week
• Hours of the school day
• Imbedded stories
  • Agatha’s flashbacks -- pp. 16-25, 170-182
  • Miles’ journal -- pp. 65, 112-132, 226-228
  • "What I Wish" Papers -- pp. 10,  110, 228-229, 257
  • Fred Vandergar -- pp. 63-68

2.) Discuss the “settings” of the novel:

• Places: Staggerford (small-town Minnesota), the high school, Agatha’s house, the cemetery, the gulch and the Bingham farm, Pike Park, Sandhill Indian Reservation, etc.
• Time: late October, early November, Halloween (Saturday), All Saints’ Day (Sunday), All Souls' Day (Monday), etc.

3.) Discuss the gravediggers -- p. 288

4.) Discuss the fern of goodness and sin -- pp. 107-109 and 280

5.) Discuss the foreshadowings of Miles’ death throughout the novel.

6.) Discuss the possible themes, messages, intentions of the novel.

7.) What questions do you have about the novel?