SuitabookChanging family life
Bindi adjusts after her father moves away, her parents separate, and she moves with her mother above the diner.
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Eileen Spinelli - Author
A gentle verse story about a child living through separation, relocation and a changed family life, while finding companionship in relatives, new friends and the community around a diner.
DELICIOUS PANCAKES!!FREE!!ALL YOU CAN EAT!!COME TO OURNEW GRAND OPENING!The grand opening of the Dancing Pancake isn't the only new thing in Bindi's life: new friends, a new apartment, maybe even a cute new crush? But there are other changes, like her dad's move to a new city, that have left Bindi confused and wondering: What will happen to my family? Will this new life ever feel normal? Among the unlikely bunch of regulars who form a makeshift community at the diner, Bindi will try to figure out how to be a new version of herself, one pancake and one silly elephant joke (her uncle's specialty) at a time.With plenty of surprises, milk shakes, fake spiders, and real feelings, readers are sure to flip for the sweet mix of humor and heart in The Dancing Pancake.From the Hardcover edition.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA gentle verse story about a child living through separation, relocation and a changed family life, while finding companionship in relatives, new friends and the community around a diner.
Bindi adjusts after her father moves away, her parents separate, and she moves with her mother above the diner.
Relatives, a teenage waitress, new friends and other diner regulars form a makeshift community around Bindi.
Family separation is central, and Bindi experiences sadness, confusion and anger. The story also includes homelessness, church and Sunday School, a possible crush, fake spiders and some childish insults.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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