READERS GUIDE

Reader’s Guide
Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick
Discussion Questions:

1. Is Hara’s othering of herself the result of her wanting to fit in or the result of her trying to avoid more exposure to the racism in the world where she lived?

2. Which character did you relate to the most?

3. Who changes the most over the course of the story?

4. Did you empathize more with one mother than the other?

5. Did you have a new perspective on adoptees from this book?

6. Did you learn things about Korea that you hadn’t known before?