Prologue - Chapter 3
How are the younger children dressed in the Prologue?
in dress-ups
Where do Isabella and the other children live? Why?
How does Raven react when Isabella wins the fight with him?
He welcomes them to trade with him.
What is the Velocraft?
A water tight boat that Xavier has built.
What is the ancient book Jeremiah shows them?
The Predictions
What is unusual about Fly at the start of the story?
She doesn't speak
How does Fly communicate with the other children?
Drawing or writing in her book.
What does Isabella offer Raven in return for access to the Haggle?
Griffin's energy pack.
Why does Xavier call Griffin 'Griffo' and 'Griffy' even though Griffin asks him not to?
He is trying to annoy Griffin (get under his skin)
What did Raven and his team do to Sneddon when they went to his boat to make sure he wouldn't bother them again?
Held him upside down over the water.
What does Xavier promise to show the children when they tie him up?
The Aerotrope
Which character creates the inventions in the Palace?
Griffin.
Has Sneddon met any of the children before? If so, who?
Xavier.
Who is the old man living in the library?
Jeremiah
Why did this scare Sneddon?
He didn't want to get eaten by the Skelene.
How do the children feel about Xavier? Do they all feel the same way?
The younger ones like him but Isabella and Griffin don't trust him at first.
What is amazing about the Greenhouse?
People in the flooded area cannot grow vegetables. Griffin has created the environment for the Greenhouse through his inventions.
What is the relationship between Griffin and Xavier?
What is the Skelene?
A sea monster that the floods have brought to Grimsdon.
What happened to Bea? Who rescued her?
The cable snapped when they were returning to the Palace and she couldn't hold on. She fell into the water.
Xavier and Isabella rescued her.
What is a sneaker wave? Why do the kids call it this?
It's a giant wave that comes up suddenly and causes a lot of damage/is dangerous.
What is the Haggle?
The place where the children can go to exchange goods they have scavenged with other children.
Why do the children 'pay' Sneddon.
For 'protection'
What is the Astrolabe?
An old-style navigational tool.
What does Xavier find out about Griffin?
That he's in love with Isabella.