SuitabookThe backward season
Lauren Myracle
- Reading
- If reading as part of the trilogy, consider starting with the earlier instalments. Afterwards, leave time to talk through any confusing character connections or the ending, which may not feel fully clear.
- Themes
- Family wishes and responsibility: Ava hopes to reunite her family and thinks about reversing a mistake connected with her mother’s wishes. The family situation is a major motive for Ava’s choices, but the available details do not establish how the book judges those choices.
- Magic and changing the past: Ava considers whether wishes can let her change the past and create a do-over for her family. Magic enables the central dilemma; its consequences are presented as uncertain rather than as a settled lesson.
- Worth knowing
- Family separation and the hope of putting a broken family back together are central concerns. Ava also faces the possibility of costly consequences from her wishes; the precise outcome is not clear.