Read chapter one and then discuss the following questions in your groups:
- How do we know that the narrator is a geek/nerd/uncool?
- How does the writer develop the sense of intense hot weather?
- What are our impressions of Jasper, and how does the author create these impressions in our mind?
- What does Silvey do at the end of chapter one to emphasise the differences between Jasper and Charlie?
- What has happened in the hero cycle so far by the end of chapter one?
