Boy Overboard Week 4

When it says ‘Bibi gave him a look that would scorch the paint off a tank’, what sort of look do you think Bibi gave the boy?

How do both the boy and Bibi end up in the water?

Do you think Jamal and Bibi have swum much before? Why do you think this?

Several landmines go off inside me. What do you think this sentence in chapter 23 means?

Why is Jamal so shocked at the appearance of the teenage girl - especially noting ‘her hair is completely uncovered’?

List 3 (or more)  unselfish acts that characters have shown in the story so far.

Why do you think Rashida has flour in her bag, and why is Jamal so excited by this?

Why are Jamal and Bibi on a different boat from their parents?