SuitabookThe Test
Katherine Applegate
- Reading
- Read the opening alongside the reader and pause when transformation becomes clear. Use the reader’s response to decide whether to continue, then discuss identity and agency without assuming the changes are positive or negative.
- Themes
- Transformation and identity: The book is associated with metamorphosis, indicating that transformation is part of its subject matter. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Transformation is the one clearly signalled content area. Its form—whether fantastical, frightening, physically unsettling or emotionally difficult—is not established, so consider checking the book before sharing it with a particularly sensitive reader.