SuitabookJinx
Meg Cabot
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside the child, checking in before and after the more threatening scenes. Discuss the difference between playful supernatural elements and behaviour that removes someone’s choice or safety.
- Themes
- Self-acceptance and unusual identity: The book addresses self-acceptance and unusual identity; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book presents this favourably.
- Jealousy, power and coercion: Tory wants Jean’s magical power, reacts angrily to Jean’s connection with Zack, and attacks Jean in an attempt to take that power. The described rescue and Tory’s exposure frame Tory’s actions as threatening wrongdoing, though the broader moral treatment is not fully known.
- Humour alongside danger: The book addresses humour alongside danger; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book presents competing or mixed signals about this.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to the treatment of the ex-boyfriend’s stalking, Jean’s panic attack, Tory’s retaliation, and the later restraint, cutting and blood drinking. Romance and school-based social tension are also present.