SuitabookThe Big Apple effect
Christy Goerzen
- Reading
- Follow how Maddie’s plans and her relationships with Anna and Thomas interact; notice what changes when her mother joins the trip.
- Themes
- Maddie and her friends: Maddie’s friends do not share her enthusiasm for vintage clothing, and the trip’s tensions lead her to face how she has treated them. The outline frames Maddie’s treatment of her friends as something she needs to confront, rather than presenting it as unproblematic.
- Worth knowing
- Friendship tension is part of the plot: Maddie’s companions do not share her passion, and tempers fray during the trip.