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John David Anderson
- Reading
- Read together or check in as the note exchanges intensify; invite your reader to pause and talk about how different messages might land with their recipients.
- Themes
- Messages and peer conflict: Sticky notes spread around the school, carrying both friendly and cutting messages. The story presents the note exchange as a mix of positive and hurtful messages; its broader judgement of the practice is not established.
- Friendship and welcoming someone new: Rose joins Frost’s lunch table, and Frost’s close friendship circle is described as unlikely to make room easily as pressure to choose sides grows. The story raises questions about belonging and friendship, but the outline does not establish how the characters’ choices are judged.
- Worth knowing
- Cruel notes and escalating peer conflict are part of the story. The extent or impact of this behaviour, and how events resolve, remain unclear.