SuitabookSisters of the Moon
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
- Reading
- Read alongside the child if they want to discuss it, pausing after emotionally intense developments. Afterwards, explore how grief, self-criticism and changing friendships shape Suzy’s choices without requiring one fixed interpretation.
- Themes
- Grief and re-engaging with life: Suzy has moved away with her father after her mother’s death and feels isolated; the story follows her gradual movement towards friendship and a future. Grief is treated as a substantial emotional reality, while the narrative also allows Suzy renewed connection and hope.
- Friendship, equality and trust: Suzy quickly becomes close to Rhiannon, whose mysterious identity and ability to fulfil wishes complicate their friendship; other friendships and social groups also matter. Friendship is valued, but the story examines its limits when one person holds secrets or unusual influence.
- Fantasy beside ordinary teenage concerns: Modern school experiences, periods, crushes and social invitations are interwoven with wishes, lunar mythology and uncertainty about Rhiannon’s existence. The fantasy appears to be used as an atmospheric way to explore recognisable teenage worries, rather than as a separate adventure thread.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether the reader would welcome a story that combines a mother’s death and delayed periods with eerie wishes, unexplained behaviour and a dangerous-feeling moonlit episode.