Watch Me Disappear

are both motivated students taking mostly AP classes. Lizzie notes that since she started high school, all she’s had time to do is study, so she’s had to let most of her hobbies go. What types of pressures do students face today in college preparatory environments? What factors should they take into account when deciding what classes to take and what activities to participate in?
     
    6. Why do you think Paul kisses Lizzie the night of the semi? How do Paul’s actions around during and after the semi influence your opinion of Paul?
     
    7. Lizzie says that Missy taught her that friends forgive one another’s faults. How much should friends forgive in one another? What are the limits of friendship?
     
     

About the Author
     
     
    Diane Vanaskie Mulligan began writing Watch Me Disappear during an after-school writing club she moderates for high school students. This is her first novel. She holds a BA in American Studies from Mount Holyoke College and a Master’s degree in teaching from Simmons College. When she isn’t teaching or writing, she’s the managing editor at The Worcester Review ( www.theworcesterreview.org ) and the director of The Betty Curtis Worcester County Young Writers’ Conference ( www.stjohnshigh.org/wcywc ). You can also find her occasionally strumming her guitar and singing at various bars in central Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband.
     
     
     
     

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