- Which of the main characters (John, Laura, Micah, or Eli) became your favorite and why?
- Did you learn anything about the way things were back then that you didn’t know before? If so, what were they and how did they affect you?
- If you read the first book (The Deepest Waters), did you feel this was a “worthy” sequel? If so, in what ways? If not, what would you have liked to see in the sequel that wasn’t included?
- If you were John or Laura and faced the challenge they faced (helping Micah’s family), how would you have reacted?
- What were your favorite scenes and/or conversation in the book and why?
- What did you think about the spiritual conversations between John and Micah or Eli and Micah? Did you agree or disagree with Micah’s perspective and advice?
- Were you aware that many Christians in the South accepted and defended the right to own slaves? How did they justify this? How would you have handled this issue if you had lived in the South at that time?
- Which of the 2 books did you enjoy the most and why, or did you like them both the same?
- If there was a Book 3 in the series, where do you think the story would go? What would like to see happen in a sequel?
