SuitabookMonster High
Lisi Harrison
- Reading
- Read it as a two-viewpoint story, pausing when Frankie or Melody makes a choice about hiding, trust or appearance. Afterwards, compare what each girl wants people to notice—and what each fears they will notice.
- Themes
- Belonging without concealment: Frankie has visible bolts and seams, is encouraged to cover them and wants humans and RADs to live in harmony. The narrative clearly gives Frankie a strong desire to be herself, but the complete consequences and ending are unclear.
- Appearance and self-worth: Melody has cosmetic surgery arranged by her father and wonders whether people respond to her changed appearance rather than to who she is. The premise invites reflection on appearance and approval, but it does not establish a single clear judgement about cosmetic change.
- Trust across difference: Melody and Frankie meet as new students while Frankie keeps her identity secret and rumours unsettle the relationship between normies and RADs. The story presents mistrust and the possibility of harmony as central tensions, without enough information to establish which view it finally endorses.
- Worth knowing
- Expect monster imagery, rumours of monsters stalking school halls, family secrecy, appearance-related distress, crushes and complicated romantic entanglements. The tone is described as humorous and light, but individual reactions to these elements may differ.