SuitabookFelix and the Future Agency
Rachel Morrisroe, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly
- Reading
- If bereavement or supernatural peril may feel personal, read alongside the child and pause after the opening or frightening scenes. Afterwards, explore the magical systems, illustrations and cliffhanger together.
- Themes
- Belonging and difference: Felix’s unusual abilities make school difficult, but the Future Agency offers peers, listening teachers and a stronger sense of belonging. The story appears to value spaces where difference is understood and abilities are recognised, while showing that belonging can support confidence.
- Grief and emotional regulation: Felix is grieving his parents and is described as carrying anger, while learning to understand or channel difficult emotions. The treatment appears compassionate and constructive rather than dismissive, presenting emotional struggle as something Felix can work through with support.
- Responsibility and trust: Felix’s predictions draw him into an agency tasked with helping avert natural disasters, while secrets, danger and investigations shape his choices. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The opening includes the death of Felix’s parents in a car accident. The story also includes ghosts, a threatening spectre, danger to friends, anger, grief and frightening supernatural action.