SuitabookThe Deadly Dare Mysteries
Malorie Blackman
- Reading
- Try one mystery at a time, pausing after each to compare the clues with your reader's guesses. Check in when the story turns to bereavement or danger, and let them set the pace.
- Themes
- Dares and responsibility: A new school craze involves writing dares and putting them in a bag; Ricky disappears after carrying one out in a deserted warehouse. The premise connects a dare with a perilous situation, but does not establish the story's broader judgement of the craze.
- Bereavement and mysterious messages: Jade's father died months earlier; she asks the friends to investigate messages that seem to come from him. The premise places grief alongside a mystery, without establishing whether the messages are supernatural or how the story treats Jade's hopes.
- Investigating a collapse: After inventor Darius Marriott collapses at a school talk, the friends investigate who may be targeting him and why their friend Bullet seems personally involved. The premise invites readers to weigh clues and suspicions, but does not reveal who is responsible or whether anyone is.
- Worth knowing
- The plots include a disappearance, a character whose father has died, mysterious messages and an inventor's collapse. These elements may prompt discussion if loss, peril or mysterious communications feel affecting.