Love, Z

Author: Jessie Sima
Plot Summary: When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed “Love, Beatrice,” they decide to find out what “love” means. Unable to get an answer from the other robots, they leave to embark on an adventure that will lead them to Beatrice—and back home again, where love was hiding all along.
Posted In: Ethics

Discussion Questions

• What is love? What does it mean to love someone?
• Can love mean different things to different people?
• Do you think it’s possible to understand and feel love, if you are not human?
• What is the relationship between love and friendship?
• Can you love someone very different from you?
• Can you love someone you don’t like?
• Can we understand something if we have not experienced it before?

This lesson plan can be used either in a classroom or online.