SuitabookLove is the higher law
David Levithan
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the story’s account of the attack and its aftermath. Let your reader set the pace and choose whether to talk about what they found difficult.
- Themes
- Grief, connection and moving forward: Three teenagers’ lives are reshaped by the attacks; as they come to know one another, their stories become intertwined. The novel presents grief alongside hope and friendship, with the characters gradually learning to move forward. It gives these responses room to coexist rather than reducing the story to despair alone.
- Intertwined teenage perspectives: Claire, Jasper and Peter face different immediate circumstances during the attacks, and their lives become connected as they get to know one another. The linked stories show the event through several young people’s circumstances, then connect those perspectives through new understanding and friendship.
- Worth knowing
- The story centres on a terrorist attack and its aftermath, with loss and grief prominent. That focus may invite a thoughtful check-in about how the subject feels to your reader.