Some topics you may want to consider as you do your summer reading:
1. How does this text reflect the Holy Cross core value of family?
2. Who are the main and supporting characters, and how do they add to the text’s meaning?
3. What are the pivotal events of the story that are most memorable or impactful?
4. What did you learn from your reading of this book? How did this book change or affect your thinking on the topic it addresses?
5. Every work—fiction or nonfiction—has a turning point. What do you think is the turning point or climax of this work?
6. Highlight, underline, or star passages that seem especially beautiful, significant or reveal the author’s underlying theme.
7. Everything ends—fiction or nonfiction. Did you find the conclusion satisfying? Would you change anything?