SuitabookSearch for a star
Cindy Jefferies
- Reading
- Read it as a gentle mystery and pause when Ellie’s responsibilities conflict with her ambitions. Afterwards, discuss whether finding a famous person’s identity changes how readers think about interviews and persistence.
- Themes
- Ambition and responsibility: Ellie wants an exclusive interview while carrying out routine duties at a teen magazine. The premise places personal ambition alongside ordinary responsibility, but does not establish whether either is ultimately praised or criticised.
- Celebrity and privacy: Ellie tries to locate a famous author who is difficult to contact, seeking an exclusive interview and clues to the author’s identity. The situation clearly involves access to a celebrity, but the book’s attitude towards publicity, privacy or revelation cannot be determined.
- Clues in everyday life: Walking the editor’s dog appears to be a routine duty, but trips to the park provide a clue; the dog later runs away and leads Ellie to the author. The plot gives an ordinary responsibility an investigative function, but does not establish a broader message about chance, animals or problem-solving.
- Worth knowing
- Expect frustration when Ellie cannot contact the author and when routine duties interrupt her plans. The dog’s disappearance and the search for the elusive figure introduce some suspense, but the intensity is not established.