Bone Gap

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

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Before You Read

Summary

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue and Part 1, Chapters 1-5

Part 1, Chapters 6-9

Part 2, Chapters 10-14

Part 2, Chapters 15-19

Parts 3-4

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Tools

Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

How does the slip from third-person omniscient narration into free indirect discourse shape the novel? Why do you think Ruby narrates in this way?

How does Ruby weave magical realism into the story? How do you think the kidnapping in particular would have read differently if it lacked magical elements? Why do you think Ruby chose to introduce them?

Analyze the role setting plays in this novel. What elements of the setting are critical to the story, and why? Would this book work if it were set somewhere else?