SuitabookTrust games
Simon Packham
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside your teen and pausing at Beth’s decision. Invite them to weigh what makes the situation difficult for her, without needing to predict the ending.
- Themes
- Friendship and trust: Beth wants to be friends with Lauren, but Lauren misses a meeting and uses Beth as an excuse for where she is staying. The outline presents a friendship that does not meet Beth’s hopes, but does not establish how the story ultimately judges either girl’s actions.
- Teacher-student relationship: Beth discovers an illicit affair between Lauren and the stand-in drama teacher, and decides she must stop it. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes an illicit affair between a teacher and a student, alongside Beth’s decision to intervene and consequences described as dire. The nature and intensity of those consequences are unclear.