SuitabookBirthday
Meredith Russo
- Reading
- Consider reading together and pausing at each birthday to talk about what has changed for the characters and what they may still be unsure about.
- Themes
- Living as her true self: Morgan feels trapped in a life and body that do not fit and considers when to tell others she is a girl. Her wish to live as her true self is central to the story, but the precise treatment of her choices is not established.
- Friendship and love: Eric and Morgan’s bond shifts over six years: they drift apart, come together, fight, make up and fall in love. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Loss and family tensions: Morgan misses her mother, who has died, while Eric’s parents begin fighting; Morgan’s relationship with her father is also described as strained. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Bereavement and parental conflict are part of the characters’ lives; Morgan also describes feeling trapped in her body and unable to share a secret.