Basic Facts
Relationships
Lies
Change
Author's message
100

The protagonist of The Book of Chance

Chance Callaghan

100

Chance's best friend

Alek

100

They said their puppy was dead. 

Sarah Diego 

100

Chance's friendship group changes because...

Sarah Diego leaves for Sydney and holds a grudge against Chance 

100

Lying is 

hurtful / harmful to others 

200

Chance's home town

Wollongong 

200

Alek's background

Refugee from South Sudan
200

Chance's opinion of people who lie. 

She hates liars and can't understand people who lie. She values truth. 

200

The moment everything changed. 

Amos showed Chance a photograph of her mother (who was not pregnant) at the time of her 'father's' death. 

200

Social media is...

a negative influence on young people 

300

Amos' job. 

A home makeover show called 'I Just Wanted to Say Thank You' 

300

Chance's lives with

Her mother, Nadia...

300

Stephanie Smith 

Is Nadia's real name

300

Chances feelings about her mother changes from... to... after she discovers she wasn't her birth mother. 

admiring to distrusting and confused 

300

Knowing your past helps you understand your...

Identity 

400

Chance's real name. 

Aprelle Wilson 

400

Nadia's best friend

Missa-D / Esther Deng

400

The impact of lies

damage relationships and personal identity

400

What remains unchanged? 

Nadia's love and care for Chance.

400

It can be hard to... you love when they... to you

'Forgive'

'lie' 

500
Hidden in the old cupboard.  

Newspaper cuttings from the car crash.

500

The most significant change in relationship

Chance no longer trusts Nadia after discovering some of her lies 

500

Nadia's final lie. 

That they were just going for a short drive... 

500

Chance's questions her... due to all the changes she has experienced. 

Identity

500

Secrets in a relationship cause...

tension / distrust / suspicion