The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
Lisi Harrison
- Reading
- As you read, pause when different characters face competing social pressures. Invite your reader to compare their choices and motives, then return to the story to see how each strand develops.
- Themes
- Social standing and group expectations: Massie seeks to maintain her high social standing, and a group of girls has a kissing-related initiative. The setup places status and group expectations alongside the girls’ individual aims.
- Crushes and kissing: Several strands involve kissing or romantic interest, including a hoped-for first kiss and a crush whose attention is directed elsewhere. These concerns are part of the characters’ social lives; the brief outline does not show how they handle them.
- Worth knowing
- Kissing and romantic interest are prominent, including a character hoping for a first kiss and a mother kissing a teacher. Social standing and the cost of joining the trip are also part of the setup.