We Hate Everything But Boys
Linda Lewis
- Reading
- Read together or check in afterwards, focusing on how each friend responds to the club's fallout and what might help repair the friendship.
- Themes
- Crushes and the club: Linda and her friends start a club to find out who their crushes like; the boys later discover it. This is the story's organising setup: the club connects romantic uncertainty with the consequences of keeping a group plan secret.
- Friendship under strain: After the boys learn about the club, Suzy and Darlene blame Linda. The conflict puts the friends' relationship under strain.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes crushes and tension between friends after a secret club is discovered. Consider whether this mix of romantic uncertainty and social fallout suits your reader at present.