SuitabookThe worst of friends
Suzanne Jurmain
- Reading
- Read together or pause after the disagreement begins; invite the reader to distinguish the political issue from the way the friends treat one another.
- Themes
- Political disagreement and friendship: Jefferson and Adams disagree about how the new United States should be run, become rivals, stop speaking, and later find friendship again. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes political rivalry and a period when the two men do not speak. Consider whether this kind of falling-out is a useful point to discuss together.