SuitabookAnything could happen
Will Walton
- Reading
- You could read alongside your teenager and pause where Tretch’s secrecy or his brother’s support prompts a response. Let them choose whether to discuss personal parallels or focus on the characters.
- Themes
- Identity and self-expression: Tretch conceals his feelings and identity from much of his family, while confiding in his older brother and contemplating a wider life beyond his comfort zone. The book presents this favourably.
- Romantic feelings and friendship: Tretch loves Matt, who is straight and unaware of Tretch’s feelings; Tretch helps Matt pursue a girl. Tretch’s feelings for Matt sit alongside his efforts to support Matt’s pursuit of a girl.
- Worth knowing
- Tretch hides his feelings from his parents and pretends to date a girl who has a crush on him. His mother is wary of Matt’s married fathers; consider whether these family tensions feel comfortable for your reader.