Introduction

1. Grandma said ‘Only dead fish swim with the flow’  What did she mean?

2. When Grandpa died, why was Michael glad ‘in a way’?

3. What was the secret that Michael and his grandparents kept from Boowie’s Mum and Dad?

4. What was Grandma’s favourite word?

5. Why do you think Grandma didn’t put Grandpa in a home?

6. What did Grandpa post to Michael?

Part 2

1. What was the Head teacher’s nickname and what was the reason for it?

2. How are the American soldiers different from British ones?

3. What happened to Mr. Jeffrey’s sheepdog?

4. Why should someone have told the fox about rationing?

5. How would you have felt if you had been sent home from school because of a bomb nearby?

6. Why do you think Lily doesn’t usually remember her dreams? 

PART 3

1. Why was Lily beginning to feel a bit jealous of Barry? Give two reasons in your answer.?

2. How were the changes in the area going to effect Lily’s education at school?

3. hy did Grandpa disagree with the war?

4. How did Mrs Blumfeld help Grandpa to change his mind about staying on the farm?

5. Why was it a sad Christmas at the farm? Give three reasons in your answer?
 6. Lily said that Aide was different in everyway. Name three things that made him ‘different’  

Part 4

1. Why was Lily beginning to feel a bit jealous of Barry? Give two reasons in your answer?

2. How were the changes in the area going to effect Lily’s education at school?

3. Why did Grandpa disagree with the war?

4. How did Mrs Blumfeld help Grandpa to change his mind about staying on the farm?

5. Why was it a sad Christmas at the farm? Give three reasons in your answer?

6. Lily said that Aide was different in everyway. Name three things that made him ‘different’  

PART 5

1. Why did Lily finally realise how Grandpa felt?

2. Where do you think Tips has gone?

3. Mum said that ‘cats have nine lives’. What does this famous saying mean?

4. Everyone went searching for Tips. Name five places that they went to?

5. Who found Lily hiding in the barn. How did they feel when they found her?

6. Why was Lily’s day ‘supreme’ even though she didn’t find Tips?  

PART 6

1. Why did Lily’s dream about Tips seem almost real?

2. American soldiers, catch Lily again in the barn. But why was this time so different than the last time?

3. Why was Billy so angry with Lily? What happened next to prove Billy’s point of view?
 4. The author uses three examples of onomatopoeia on page 129 to describe the explosions. What are those
three words?

5. Where had Tips been hiding and why was she not hiding alone?
6. Why was Tuesday 7th March such a beautiful, but sad day?

PART 7

1. When Lily’s Dad came home she thought it was supreme, but why did Barry feel so sad?

2. What is the ‘flashback’ on pages 144 - 145?

3. Uncle George saw Adie and Harry ‘patrolling the perimeter wire.’ What did he mean?

4. Adie and Harry came to visit the family again. What do you think was the best thing that they brought ?

5. What woke up Lily on Friday April 28th? How does the next diary entry 

6. Why did Lily place a daffodil in her diary?

PART 8

1. The family are allowed to return home again. How had Lily’s home changed?

2. Why did Lily decide to change Tips’s name to Adolphus Tips ?

3. The writing in italics returns on page 179, why is this writing in a different style (font)?

4. hat was Adie doing on the beach when Lily met him again?

5. Do you think that this book has a happy ending? Explain your point of view with evidence from the story.

6. The book ends with a ‘Postscript’. What is a ‘postscript’ and why has the author put it there?