SuitabookBlue Ribbon Summer
Catherine Hapka
- Reading
- Read together or talk afterwards about what makes a group feel welcoming. Invite your reader to notice Brooke's choices, while leaving room for the story's ending to surprise you.
- Themes
- Belonging among the campers: Brooke arrives at camp where the other girls already know one another and seem uninterested in including her. The outline establishes a social barrier, but not how the story judges the girls' behaviour or whether it changes.
- The camp's uncertain future: Brooke hears the camp may not continue, and wonders whether everyone will work together to save it. The story raises the possibility of collective action, but the outline does not say whether the camp is saved or how the issue is treated.
- Worth knowing
- Brooke encounters a group that does not seem interested in including her, and she learns the camp may be nearing its last summer. The extent and outcome of these difficulties are unclear.