SuitabookTalia Talk
Christine Hurley Deriso
- Reading
- Pause after sections involving the school broadcast or friendship changes. Invite the reader to distinguish being honest from sharing someone else’s private information, then revisit the question after the family and friendship threads develop.
- Themes
- Finding a voice in public: Talia makes weekly commentaries for her school’s broadcast or podcast while her mother discusses Talia’s experiences on television. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendships in transition: Talia’s friendship group is described as being in flux, with a loud, bossy best friend and former friends involved in difficult decisions. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family visibility and change: Talia’s mother is a television host who shares stories about Talia, and Talia considers commenting on her mother’s new boyfriend and school volunteering. The family situation is clear, but there is not enough information to judge whether the book treats public family disclosure or the new relationship as acceptable, harmful or comic.
- Worth knowing
- The ending and handling of these tensions remain unclear.