SuitabookFlipped
Wendelin Van Draanen
- Reading
- Try reading a chapter from each narrator in turn, then pause to compare what each notices or misunderstands; this suits the book’s alternating structure.
- Themes
- First impressions and changing perspectives: Two teenagers narrate changing feelings about themselves and each other over the years. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Growing up and family life: The teenagers’ feelings about their families change alongside their views of themselves and one another. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- A crush and a first-kiss reference sit alongside prolonged avoidance and social discomfort; the extent and detail of romantic content are not clear.