SuitabookThat's What Friends Aren't For (Dear Dumb Diary #9)
Jim Benton
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the opening premise; invite the reader to distinguish what Jamie knows from what she fears might happen. Let their reaction guide whether to pause for a chat.
- Themes
- Friendship and obligation: Jamie says she is friends with Angeline but feels she must accept the situation, partly because she imagines serious consequences if she objects. The premise raises a question about whether friendship is freely chosen when someone feels responsible for other people's possible reactions.
- Worth knowing
- Jamie imagines divorce, lasting depression, institutional confinement and puppies growing up without both parents as possible consequences. These are presented in her hypothetical chain; their treatment beyond this passage is unclear.