SuitabookCampfire cookies
Martha Freeman
- Reading
- Before reading, ask what might be troubling Hannah and what a responsible plan could look like. Afterwards, compare the club’s choices with safer or more collaborative alternatives.
- Themes
- Friendship and helping: The four club members work together to respond when Hannah is affected by a mysterious letter. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Mystery and problem-solving: The club puzzles out the contents of a mysterious letter before making a plan. The plot uses interpretation and planning as drivers of the adventure, without establishing whether their conclusions are reliable or successful.
- Risk, rules and adventure: The plan requires a magic spell and a daring mission to the boys’ camp. These actions create an adventurous situation, but it is unclear whether the narrative treats them as admirable, foolish, harmless or consequential.
- Worth knowing
- Hannah’s plunge into despair is the clearest emotional point to notice. The story also includes a mysterious letter, a magic spell, a daring mission and a small romance element.