Map of the Realm
Created Adam F. Watkins.
Fae to English Dictionary
The table below contains Fae words used in The Shadow Reader Novels and their English translations.
A Printable Version (*.doc) is also available.
|
Fae |
English |
| abira | a type of tree a symbol of Court |
| amajur | magic |
| cabus | medicinal drink |
| Duin Bregga | “The Dissolution,” war that resulted in loss of history |
| Tar Sidhe | magically powerful ancestors |
| edarratae | chaos lusters |
| enthess | second-class citizen in the Realm |
| jaedric | type of armor; bark from a tree |
| kimki | an endangered animal; cross between cat and ferret |
| nalkin-shom | shadow-witch |
| premthyste | type of stone used in name-cords |
| Sidhe Cabred | Ancestors’ Garden |
| Sidhe Tol | Ancestors’ Gate |
| Tchatalun | defiled one |
| tewar | pale red stone |
| ther’othi | one who walks the In-Between |
| tinril | currency of the Realm |
| tjandel | a brothel of humans |
| tor’um | walker; fae born with little or no magic |
| traep-shom | shadow-bitch |
| yraka | fae unit of measurement/distance |
The Shadow Reader Discussion Questions
Available for Download: The Shadow Reader Discussion Questions (*.doc)
CAUTION: Some of these questions contain SPOILERS.
1. Do you agree with the choice McKenzie makes at the end? Would you have made the same choice?
2. At one point, McKenzie thinks her feelings for Aren are a result of the Stockholm Syndrome. Do you agree?
3. McKenzie is a normal girl who was pulled into a war. Would you have sacrificed your human life to help the fae fight a war? Why or why not?
4. McKenzie realizes she was young when she was pulled into the war. When you were sixteen, would you have been more likely to be involved with the fae than now?
5. Would you wait ten years for a man to give himself permission to love you? Have you known anyone who’s waited that long?
6. Atroth and the Court fae believe human tech is damaging the Realm’s magic, making some magics extinct, some endangered. Aren and the rebellion believes magic is cyclical: sometimes there’s more magic in the Realm, sometimes less; it swings like a pendulum. Do you believe one side over the other?
7. In Lyechaban, Lena orders Aren to kill McKenzie if she doesn’t read the shadows. Aren tries to do it. He threatens her and puts his sword to her neck, cutting her. Is what he did forgivable? Do you think less of McKenzie for forgiving him for this? Why or why not?
8. What was your favorite scene(s) from the book?