SuitabookFearless
Francine Pascal
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside a trusted adult or pausing after major threats and losses. It may help to separate exciting plot mechanics from the story’s portrayal of coercion, trauma, disability and recovery.
- Themes
- Fear, identity and normality: Gaia cannot feel fear and searches for an explanation while trying to live as a teenager and understand herself. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Trust, control and family harm: Gaia’s family history includes deception, sexual assault, abandonment and a dangerous relative attempting to control or recruit her. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Connection under threat: Gaia forms friendships and romantic relationships while people close to her are endangered, harmed or lost. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Approach with care if kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, abusive homes, bereavement, serious injury, medical experimentation or eating-disorder-related material may be particularly difficult. The ending and the full handling of these issues remain unclear.