The House in the Cerulean Sea
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
What was the first scene that made you smile or sigh contentedly while reading?
If you could spend a quiet afternoon at the house on the island, what would you want to do first: nap in the sun, help in the garden, or sit with a cup of tea on the porch?
Linus's gray, rule-bound life slowly fills with color. When in your own life have you felt that kind of soft, gradual brightening?
Which of the children at the orphanage did you most want to hug, and what about them tugged at your heart?
Arthur's home feels like a refuge from a world that misunderstands its residents. What places (real or imagined) feel like that kind of refuge to you?
The book has a lot to say about prejudice spoken in polite voices. Were there moments that stung or comforted you because they felt familiar?
Klune writes about chosen family with such tenderness. Who in your own life has felt like family in the way the island family feels to each other?
By the end, the story gently asks what it means to be brave in small, daily ways. What act of quiet courage in the book stayed with you most?