Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Part 1, Chapter 9

Part 1, Chapters 10-17

Part 2, Chapters 18-22

Part 2, Chapters 23-31

Part 3, Chapters 32-40

Part 3, Chapters 41-49

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Essay Topics

Discuss the role of family in the novel. What is Sade’s relationship like with her family? What about other students? How does life at boarding school seek to fill some of the gaps left by family life?

Examine how the novel portrays relationships between women, particularly in the context of power, solidarity, and betrayal. How do these relationships reflect broader themes of survival, resilience, and complicity in systems of oppression?

How does Sade’s experience at ANA reflect the tension between perception and reality? How does the school’s environment both mirror and distort larger societal issues, especially those related to privilege, secrecy, and justice?