59 pages 1 hour read

Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

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Essay Topics

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Children of Blood and Bone has three narrators: Zélie, Amari, and Inan. How does having three narrators change the reader’s understanding of events? Why did Adeyemi choose these three narrators for the story?

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Using textual evidence, define the different kinds of discrimination and racism Zélie, her fellow divîners, and people who associate with divîners face. How does this experience shape Zélie?

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This novel features two very different versions of a family. Describe the different types of families presented in the book and how the family dynamics impact the people who are a part of it.