SuitabookThis heart of mine
C. C. Hunter
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside your child, or checking in after the story’s portrayal of suicide and bereavement. This gives space to talk about how the characters experience loss.
- Themes
- Making sense of a death: Leah learns that her heart donor was a boy from her school whose death is believed to be suicide. She and his twin Matt try to understand his final moments. The mystery centres on understanding the death, alongside grief and guilt.
- Dreams as mystery structure: Leah and Matt have similar dreams after the transplant and believe these may connect to the donor’s final moments. The dreams draw Leah and Matt into investigating what happened.
- Worth knowing
- Suicide is central to the mystery: the donor is said to have killed himself, and the characters try to understand his final moments. Grief and the serious uncertainty surrounding Leah’s health are also part of the story.