SuitabookElla Jones Vs the Sun Stealer
Lucy Edwards
- Reading
- Read alongside a discussion of accessibility and representation. Pause after frightening or tense scenes to check how the darkness and danger feel, then revisit whether the ending resolves the quest and its consequences.
- Themes
- Blindness and agency: Ella uses her experience of navigating without sight to help others during the blackout, while also managing ordinary school, friendship and family life. The story presents Ella as capable and resourceful, with blindness as part of her life rather than the whole of her identity.
- Accessibility and social treatment: Ella hopes the period of darkness might prompt changes in accessibility and in how people treat her; she is also heckled by a passenger. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendship and family: Ella undertakes the quest with her sister Poppy and best friend Finn, with support from her family; Poppy is also dealing with social-media preoccupation. Relationships appear important and are described as a strength, while Poppy’s concerns introduce tension and competing pressures.
- Worth knowing
- Expect peril, darkness, an attacked adult, a threatening mythological god, and a journey involving dangers. A passenger heckling Ella is also mentioned, so social hostility may merit attention.