The scream museum cover

The scream museum

by Paul Zindel

P.C. Hawke and his partner-in-sleuthing, Mackenzie, are shocked to learn that their friend Tom is accused of murdering the chief biologist at the Museum of Natural History. Unable to believe Tom would be capable of such a crime, P.C. and Mackenzie dig deeper, discovering at the heart of the mystery a world-famous necklace, an anthropologist trained in hypnosis, and a fat hairy tarantula named Aristotle.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?