SuitabookSpirit Week Shenanigans
Marcus Emerson
- Reading
- Before reading, ask how the reader feels about school competitions and toilet humour. Afterwards, compare Chase’s approach with Wyatt’s and discuss whether revenge changes how the rivalry is understood.
- Themes
- Competition and group loyalty: Chase is recruited to take part in Spirit Week and to prevent Wyatt’s red ninjas becoming stronger. The situation creates a possible tension between personal performance and loyalty to a group, but the book’s judgement of either side is unclear.
- Revenge and comic conflict: The Scavengers are said to want revenge, while the narration uses exaggerated language and includes gross-out imagery. The narration is exaggerated and includes gross-out imagery, but the treatment of the Scavengers’ revenge is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes public competition and an antagonistic rivalry. The Scavengers are said to want revenge, and the narration includes gross-out imagery, but the extent and prominence of these elements are unclear.