SuitabookImpossible!
Michelle Magorian
- Reading
- Try reading a little at a time and pause after the escape or when the pursuit resumes; check whether your reader wants to continue or talk.
- Themes
- Acting and self-belief: Josie is told she has no acting ability, then receives acting opportunities in a comedy and a film. The events place an early discouraging judgement alongside later work, but do not establish how the book evaluates that judgement.
- Danger and escape: After being mistaken for a star, Josie is kidnapped and imprisoned; she escapes with another runaway, while the kidnappers keep looking for her. The plot clearly includes danger and escape, but the emotional intensity and treatment of these events are not established.
- Worth knowing
- Kidnapping, imprisonment and an ongoing pursuit are part of the plot; consider whether this sustained danger might feel intense for your reader.