Suitabook

So lyrical

Trish Cook

Reading: You could read together and pause when the story turns to Trace’s friend or the singer she likes, giving your reader room to say what they make of those relationships.
Themes: An absent father: Trace wonders which musician pictured in her mother’s memorabilia might be her father. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
Concern for a friend: Trace is trying to keep her best friend from possibly going off the deep end. The story includes concern for a friend, but the phrase used does not establish what the friend is experiencing or how Trace responds.
Attraction and teenage priorities: Trace wants to attract a band’s lead singer while also trying to do well at school. These concerns sit alongside one another in the plot outline; it does not establish how the story weighs them or what happens.
Worth knowing: Trace’s father is absent from her life, and she is preoccupied with identifying him. A friend is described as possibly struggling, though what is happening is unclear.