SuitabookCan't look away
Donna D. Cooner
- Reading
- Offer to read alongside your child or check in after the story’s loss and online-harassment themes. Let them choose whether to pause or talk, without requiring them to explain a personal connection.
- Themes
- Bereavement and family change: Torrey’s younger sister dies in an accident involving a drunk driver, and Torrey’s world is described as falling apart. The loss is a major part of the story’s starting situation; the outline does not show how grief is portrayed or resolved.
- Online attention and harassment: Torrey’s fashion and beauty videos have many viewers, and cyberbullies attack her after her sister’s death. Online fame and harassment both feature in the situation, but the outline does not show whether the story criticises or endorses particular ways of using social media.
- Trust and belonging: After moving to Texas, Torrey is uncertain whom to trust at her new school and whether her cousin is a friend. The story sets up uncertainty about friendship and belonging; it does not establish how those relationships develop.
- Worth knowing
- A sister’s death in a drink-driving accident, grief and cyberbullying are central pressures. Consider whether these topics feel manageable for your reader right now.