SuitabookThat's life, Samara Brooks
Parker, Daniel
- Reading
- Read together or check in as the experiment unfolds. This can help you discuss Samara's choices separately from the strange results and explore how the mystery is resolved.
- Themes
- Responsibility and self-image: Samara wants to use an experiment to show she is not a bad person after becoming involved in school gambling. The premise makes room to distinguish a person's identity from a particular choice, but does not establish how the story evaluates Samara's plan.
- Belief and evidence: A DNA result resembling symbols in undeciphered manuscripts leads characters to question their beliefs about God, aliens or an unknown presence. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes gambling at school and a plan to mislead adults about Samara's involvement. How these choices and their consequences are treated is not clear.