Who is Little Bee? Why is she called Little Bee? How has she come to England? Why has she been detained for two years? How much longer might she have been detained? Would Little Bee have ever gotten out of the detention center? Explain. What did Little Bee hope to find in England? Did she find it?

Who is Sarah O'Rourke? What happens to her in the early chapters of the novel? Why does Sarah blame herself for this event? Did Sarah do something to cause her husband's depression? Was Sarah to blame for the depression? How might Sarah have handled her husband's depression differently? Did Sarah love her husband?

Who is Andrew O'Rourke? Why was he depressed? What did he blame himself for? What did he do to soften the guilt? Should Andrew have blamed himself for the deaths of those girls in...