SuitabookOnce upon a Kiss
Robin Palmer
- Reading
- Pause at the shift between eras and invite the reader to notice what feels unfamiliar to Zoe. Later, revisit the friendship thread and ask how her choices relate to her wish to use popularity for a good cause.
- Themes
- Friendship and popularity: After the time shift, Zoe is popular and no longer associates with Jonah, though she tries to rekindle their friendship and use her popularity for a good cause. The contrast invites attention to how Zoe's choices affect a friendship as her social position changes.
- Two eras, one changed life: Zoe wakes in 2016 after living in 1986 and has to make sense of changed technology and circumstances. The time shift structures the story around a comparison of eras and gives Zoe's adjustment a central role.
- Worth knowing
- The story begins with Zoe choking on Fun-Dip and becoming unconscious. Its social tensions include a friendship strained by her changed status and a boyfriend she tries to keep at bay.