SuitabookSynchro boy
Shannon McFerran
- Reading
- You could read together or check in after the swimming-club scenes, then let the reader choose whether to discuss the jokes, team culture or Bart’s changing relationships.
- Themes
- Gender expectations and sport: Bart joins synchronised swimming as the team’s first boy and faces further questions about his masculinity. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Attraction and relationships: Bart develops feelings for Erika, lust for her rival Chelsea, and attraction to a boy in the diving club. Several attractions are explicit in the synopsis, but how they develop or are portrayed in the book is not established.
- Competition and ambition: Bart commits to pursuing an Olympic goal in a mixed duet, while struggling to gain skills and facing Erika’s decision to quit. The synopsis sets out both ambition and obstacles, without establishing whether Bart reaches his goal or how the setback is resolved.
- Worth knowing
- The synopsis mentions gay jokes directed at Bart, pressure around masculinity, difficulty mastering skills, a teammate quitting, and attractions involving multiple people.