SuitabookThe New Girl
Faygie Holt
- Reading
- Pause after the class begins taking sides and invite your reader to consider what each girl might be feeling, while leaving room for different interpretations of the conflict.
- Themes
- Friendship and standing up for what is right: Hili befriends Tova and Shulamis; the girls face class conflict and struggle to stand up for what they believe is right. The story presents courage and friendship as central concerns, and frames standing up for what is right as a challenge worth taking on.
- Classroom conflict: An unfriendly class and a mean comment contribute to pupils splitting into sides. The conflict is part of the plot, but its handling cannot be characterised further from the details given.
- Worth knowing
- Classroom unfriendliness, a hurtful comment and divisions among pupils are part of the conflict; consider whether these school tensions might feel close to your reader's own experience.