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- What part of the book did you identify most with?
- There will be an opportunity to discuss this book with CSUMB faculty, staff and other first-year students during Welcome Week. What questions about the book do you think would be useful to discuss then?
- How might this book be different if it were written from another character’s point of view (for instance, siblings, either parent)?
- How does The Best We Could Do contribute to a growing body of literature about immigration to the United States? About the challenges facing children for whom English is a second language?
- Why do you think Bui choose the graphic novel to tell her story? In what ways is the graphic novel well-suited for a non-linear narrative? How do the sequential images of the graphic novel develop individual storylines, present complex stories and diverse perspectives?
- What questions would you ask Thi Bui after reading this book? (She will be visiting campus in October for a talk, which you are invited to attend)
- Who should read this book and why?
