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Reader Guide

Title: The Unfinished Song: Initiate (Book 1) Author: Tara Maya Publisher: Misque Press, ISBN-10: 0983107319 ISBN-13: 978-0983107316
1. In Faearth, the journey to become an adult is a literal journey, and the Initiation is an actual ceremony. Many ancient cultures around the world used to have formal Initiation rituals, but we have moved away from this in modern society. Or have we? What would say constitutes the initiation from childhood to adulthood in our society? 2. Dindi sees things other people in her clan cannot see, but this only causes her problems. Was there any thing that you saw differently from the majority for which you suffered ridicule? 3. What do you think of Kavios trial? Is it a fair system? Does Kavio defend himself as best he could, or does his attitude impact the outcome of the trial? 4. How do Kavios parents react to his trial and his sentence? Do they help or harm his situation? 5. What is Rthans goal? Is his desire for revenge justified? 6. Why do you think the Blue Lady appears to Rthan as his dead daughter? 7. Why is Brena so determined that her daughters should become Tavaedies? 8. Can anyone become a Tavaeadi? Are the Tavaedies an exclusive, elite group only open to the scions of certain families, as Brena believes, or can anyone who tries hard enough become a Tavaedi, regardless of whether others in her lineage have succeeded, as Dindi believes? 9. Why does Gwenika get sick so often? Who is to blameher mother, her older sister or someone else? 10. Why does Gremo walk in a circle, pulling a rock? Where is he trying to go and why can he never reach his destination? 11. There are several characters in Initiate who are inadvertently the source of their own troubles. What do they have in common with Dindi and Kavio? 12. Which system makes more sense to youis talent inborn, a factor of luck or ancestry, or is it the result of hard work? How do you think it works in typical fantasy? How does it work in the real world?

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