SuitabookReady Or Not
Tracy Darnton
- Reading
- If suspense around a missing person may be difficult, read alongside the young person and pause after major revelations. Discuss how different forms of evidence shape judgement without requiring agreement about the ending.
- Themes
- Truth, secrecy and perspective: Millie and the other teenagers revisit Kat’s disappearance; letters, newspaper articles and police interview transcripts are woven through the narrative. The structure invites readers to question what is known, who can be trusted and how perspective shapes the search for truth.
- Growing up and changing friendships: The teenagers’ long-established holidays continue as they grow older, but tensions and differences emerge and childhood games lose their shared appeal. The story presents growing up as complicated: relationships, memories and loyalties are tested rather than treated as permanently secure.
- Worth knowing
- The disappearance and its aftermath provide sustained suspense, while the group’s strained relationships and hidden information may feel emotionally intense. The book’s treatment of any specific harm, resolution or aftermath is not fully clear.