SuitabookWhat A Week to Take A Chance
Rosie Rushton
- Reading
- Try reading a little at a time and pause when a character’s plan goes wrong or expectations clash; invite the reader to compare how each girl responds without assuming the endings.
- Themes
- Personal wishes and parental views: Holly has decided what and whom she wants, while her parents do not see things her way. This sets up a difference in expectations, but does not establish which viewpoint the story supports.
- Expectations and disappointment: Tansy finds the person she has been looking for, then begins to wish she had not. The setup suggests a gap between expectation and experience, without explaining what happened or judging Tansy’s response.
- Image and magazine expectations: Cleo discovers that changing her image is not as easy as girlie magazines make it seem. The contrast raises a question about magazine expectations, but the story’s view of those expectations is not established.
- Worth knowing
- Family disagreement, disappointment and comic mishaps feature in the setup. Cleo’s concern with changing her image, in relation to girlie magazines, may also be worth noting.