Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

Discussion Questions:

1.  Why do you think the author wrote the story?

2.  What is Kai's main problem in the story?

3.  How do Kai and Young spend their first morning on the island?

4.  What did Kai dislike most about living on the island?

5.  Why does the main the bunk below Kai write on the wall?

6.  What makes a story historical fiction?

7.  When Kai leaves, why doesn't Young look at him?

8.  What things from the story proves Kai is brave?

Vocab:

Averted: looked from something or someone

Fury: extremely strong anger

Interrogation: long period on intense questioning

Stern: very serious or strict

Accusing: you are showing that someone has done something wrong

Solemnly: you say something in a serious way

Cringed: you move or flinch slightly

Craned: you stretched neck to see something better