Super Doll

Rebellious 17-year-old Air Force brat, Ruth "Piper" Pfeiffer, has always dreamed of seeing the world. When she wins a contest to spend eight weeks on the mysterious Caribbean island of Carabajel studying Spanish, she jumps at the chance. Carabajel is a stunning landscape, and Piper’s jet-set classmates are rich and glamorous, but nothing prepares her for a lurking darkness behind the island's lush beauty.

From the moment she lands on the island things are amiss. Haunted by a strange sense of déjà vu, she soon notices the locals are taken aback by her mere presence. Before long she finds herself a pawn between the island’s two warring factions—that of the ruling leader, General Miguel Castillo, and of Malfaedra, the high priestess of the Black Mariahs, an order of nuns who have turned to black magic. When General Castillo's son, Julian, falls in love with her, Piper finds herself in a race against time and a hurricane to uncover the truth of her connection to Carabajel.

Book club questions for Super Doll by Erin Schulz

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

Piper is so used to keeping to herself, she automatically distances herself from the others in her summer class. How does the friendship between Coco and Piper evolve over time? What lessons about friendship does Piper learn?

Even though the female characters are all very different, Super Doll is a "girl power" book. What are some of the character traits that Piper, Coco, and Malfaedra do have in common?

The paranormal element of reincarnation lies at the heart of the novel. Do you think Piper is actually the reincarnation of Vella, or is everything that happens to her just tricks of the mind and cases of déjà vu? If reincarnation did occur, then what does that mean for Piper's relationship with Julian and General Castillo?

The Black Mariahs are a powerful force on Carabajel. Orchid is genuinely happy with her decision to join a convent at a young age even though her choice of a vocation seems antiquated to Piper. Do you think Piper is fair in her judgement of following a religious calling in a modern age?

When Piper arrives on the island, she believes she has everything figured out for her future. However, she slowly begins to quietly question her plan to attend Vassar. How does her mind start to change over time and what factors contributed to it?

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