The Africville of today is rather different from the Africville that the girl in the story imagined and longed for. Ask students how they think attending the Africville reunion festival made the girl feel: Sad? Grateful? Happy? Angry? What clues do we have in the book about how the girl is feeling?
It is not always easy to visit historical places that have been through loss or destruction. Do students think it was a good idea for the girl to visit Africville or not? Why? Although we are not told in the book, how might this have been an important experience for her?
Ask students if they have ever visited a place that made them feel sad. Where was it? Why was it a difficult place to visit? How was this experience important to them?