Stay with the story.

Cut Flowers is a novel about friendship, family, music and the courage to speak. These questions are for readers, libraries, book clubs and classrooms.

1. How does friendship shape the choices Katie and Sophia make?
2. Where do silence, pressure and courage appear in the story?
3. How does music give the characters confidence and a way to be heard?
4. What can a reader do when a friend shares something that makes them worried?

For teachers: use the novel with your safeguarding procedures and Freedom Charity’s accompanying PSHE Association Quality Mark resources. Never invite personal disclosure in a class discussion.