Alfie’s Woods – Book Group Questions
- Which of the characters in Alfie’s Woods did you most identify with and why?
- What are the key themes that the book explores?
- How do you feel when Alfie lets Hedgehog down?
- How often does the way society treats people who have had unfortunate circumstances then set them on a negative and destructive path, as happened to Hedgehog? What if anything could have been done differently to help him when he was young?
- How does Alfie’s friendship impact on Hedgehog’s life?
- Why is society so reluctant to give people a second chance?
- What aspects of the book did you most enjoy?
- If you could ask me, the author, one question about the book, what would it be?
- Are the characters sufficiently well drawn to allow you to suspend reality and believe in the story?
- The author wrote the story deliberately as an allegory for adults and not as a children’s story. How well is that achieved?
