SuitabookKissing frogs
Alisha Sevigny
- Reading
- Try reading together or checking in after the bullying and social-pressure scenes. You could also explore what the story makes Jessica's conservation work mean to her, without assuming how either strand concludes.
- Themes
- Wildlife conservation: Jessica joins a conservation-club trip to Panama to help save the golden frog. The author identifies environmental conservation as the story's main intended message, and the plot centres on helping the endangered frog.
- Self-acceptance and self-definition: Jessica has changed her appearance and social identity, and faces a choice between preserving her standing and pursuing academic success. The author says self-acceptance and self-definition are themes, but the available details do not show how the story evaluates Jessica's choices.
- Bullying and social conflict: The author says the book addresses bullying; Jessica also encounters a childhood rival described as mean. Bullying and conflict are present, but the available details do not establish how the behaviour is challenged or resolved.
- Worth knowing
- Bullying is addressed, and Jessica faces a mean childhood rival. Social standing, academic failure and tension around fitting in are also part of the premise; the extent and resolution of these difficulties are unclear.