Clay cover

Clay

by Melissa Harrison

A boy creeps down from a high-rise block at dawn to see the prints left by a fox on the frosty grass. He is TC, eight years old and skipping school. At school and at home he is barely missed. Sophia, seventy-eight, is writing to her granddaughter Daisy, whose privileged upbringing means she exists in a different world to that of TC. Jozef is unable to forget the farm he left behind in Poland, the woods and fields he grew up with still a part of him. When he meets TC in the park one night he finds a kindred spirit, both lonely, both looking for something, both lost.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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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?