SuitabookPursuing Amy
Marilyn Kaye
- Reading
- Read with pauses around Amy’s past, the boyfriend, Dr Jaleski, Tasha’s disagreement and the “perfect” girls. Afterwards, compare what characters believe with the evidence the story provides.
- Themes
- Identity and the past: Amy has discovered a secret about her past and is trying to deal with the reality of who she is; the work is classified under identity and clones. Identity and self-understanding are central situations, while the available descriptions do not show whether the narrative affirms, challenges or complicates Amy’s view of herself.
- Protection and trust: Amy’s mother is overprotective, Amy is concerned about her mother’s boyfriend, and Amy tries to protect herself and those she loves. The situations foreground competing perspectives on protection, independence and trust, without establishing which choices the story endorses.
- Friendship under pressure: Amy starts fighting with Tasha, who dismisses Amy’s worries. The book includes conflict linked to differing responses to Amy’s concerns, but its fairness, development and resolution cannot be determined.
- Worth knowing
- Expect a secret about Amy’s past, family tension, concerns about her mother’s boyfriend, disagreement with Tasha, an elusive doctor, possible danger and searches for other “perfect” girls. The supplied material does not establish intensity or resolution.