1. Why is there no memory of the world as we know it today? What is Paton Walsh trying to warn us against?

2. Why does the torch stop burning?

Why does it relight?

3. Why is it so important that the children stay together, even though it is Dio who must carry the torch?

4. Explain why the death of literature appears to be very important in Torch.

Do you believe it is an important aspect of the world of Dio and Cal?

5. Pick your favorite character and discuss what you like best about him or her. What traits does he or she have that single him or her out from the others?

6. Why do the children follow the Nikathalon to the Province and try to help him when he has been so mean to them?

7. When and what made you realize that the stories the children...