SuitabookUndine
Penni Russon
- Reading
- Read alongside the child if the supernatural danger or family revelations feel intense. Pause after major discoveries to distinguish what Undine knows from what she fears, and revisit how her choices affect those she loves.
- Themes
- Identity and belonging: Undine searches for a father she believed dead and for an understanding of herself. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Power and responsibility: Undine’s imagined knitting of clouds produces a massive thunderstorm, and her magic is called wild and dangerous. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendship and changing relationships: Undine is close to her mother, adores her baby brother and has a devoted best friend whose crush is inconvenient to her. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to how Undine responds when her abilities become frightening or difficult to control, and to how the story handles her feelings about the father she thought was dead. The ending and consequences remain unclear.