SuitabookFinding confidence
Fliss is shy, avoids conflict and may miss opportunities unless she finds confidence; a reader account says she eventually stands up to Samantha.
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Jo Cotterill - Author
A theatre-centred coming-of-age story about a shy girl pursuing a dream role, navigating friendship and facing romantic feelings. It may particularly suit readers interested in performance, first love and building confidence.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA theatre-centred coming-of-age story about a shy girl pursuing a dream role, navigating friendship and facing romantic feelings. It may particularly suit readers interested in performance, first love and building confidence.
Fliss is shy, avoids conflict and may miss opportunities unless she finds confidence; a reader account says she eventually stands up to Samantha.
Fliss’s friends encourage her in the theatre company, while she develops feelings for Tom and struggles to express them.
Fliss auditions for Juliet, performs opposite Tom and faces Samantha’s determination to obtain the role and his attention.
The story includes romantic attraction, jealousy around a role and a leading boy, conflict with a determined rival, and family tension involving a parent’s initial lack of support for Fliss’s acting ambitions.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.