SuitabookPippa Park Raises Her Game
Erin Yun
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside your child or checking in after the online-message scenes, so they can raise any concerns about anonymous harassment in their own time.
- Themes
- Identity and belonging: Pippa tries to reinvent herself at a new school and hides that her family owns a laundromat. The story is described as valuing pride in one's roots and acceptance by true friends.
- Anonymous online messages: Pippa receives hateful anonymous messages threatening to expose her secrets and lies. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Honesty and mistakes: Pippa tells white lies and is described as learning to be herself; the book also presents apologising after hurting others as an important message. The stated messages support honesty, communication and making amends, rather than treating mistakes as defining a person.
- Worth knowing
- Anonymous, hateful online messages are a significant part of the story; there are also family arguments and some mild name-calling.