This month’s FYA Book Club selection is Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson. This sci-fi series starter is a little like the Universe—always changing and expanding with new plot twists and interesting characters.

Check out the discussion questions below! (Slight spoilers ahead.)

P.S. If you’ve already read the book, feel free to add any other discussion questions of your own in the comments!

Icebreaker

In Skyward, Spensa and her fellow pilot trainees all have callsigns that speak to their personalities. What would your callsign be and why?

Questions

  1. How do you feel about Spensa?
  2. What did you think about Spensa’s superpower?
  3. Do you think Spensa and her family should have continued “paying for” the crimes of her father?
  4. What did you think about the relationship between Spensa and Jerkface Jorgen? Do you see it going places in later books?
  5. Who was your favorite secondary character, and why was it Doomslug?
  6. Who do you want to know more about?
  7. There are obviously a lot of flying sequences in the book. Did Sanderson craft these in a way that was exciting and/or cinematic to you? Why or why not?
  8. Were you surprised by the Krell reveal and the ending of the book?
  9. Will you be continuing with the series? (There are three additional books and a collection of short stories.) Any predictions about what’s to come?
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