The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma is the story of a father and daughter who reading together every night until she leaves for college. Use these book club discussion questions to delve into
The Reading Promise.
- Could you relate to the experience of reading with children or having a parent read to you? How did your experience compare to Ozma's?
- What vignettes from Ozma's childhood did you find particularly funny or moving?
- What was your opinion of Ozma's father?
- Did you want more about Ozma's relationships with her mother or sister?
- Did you want more information about the books they were reading?
- Ozma wrote this memoir right after college. Do you think she was old enough to write a memoir? How might a book about the same period be different if she had waited 10 years to write it?
- Rate The Reading Promise on a scale of 1 to 5.
