SuitabookCandles in My Window
Beth Firestone
- Reading
- If religious observance is meaningful in your family, read alongside the book’s treatment of personal choice and friendship. Afterwards, ask whether the resolution felt earned, especially if the conflicts seem quickly settled.
- Themes
- Religious and spiritual development: A teenage girl experiences a deepening awareness and observance of religious and spiritual matters. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendship, conflict and growth: The novel follows adolescent friendships and conflict as part of a broader story of growth. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The book includes religious and spiritual awareness, observance, adolescent friendships, conflict, inner anxieties and relationships with peers.