SuitabookSafety and family change
Lillian and her mother have moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter.
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Susin Nielsen - Author
A school story carries serious family circumstances: Lillian is adjusting to a new home, missing possessions, and the pressure of Show and Tell. The beads offer a route towards imagination and personal possibility.
It's seven-year-old Lillian's first day at a new school, and she's got butterflies in her tummy, but those butterflies turn into grasshoppers when she learns she has to bring something for Show and Tell at the end of the week! Lillian and her mother have just moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter, leaving behind all of their possessions. Every day that Lillian anxiously watches her classmates bring toys with which she has nothing to compare, the creatures in her stomach change and grow, until finally, she realizes that imagination can make anything magical, even an ordinary string of beads.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA school story carries serious family circumstances: Lillian is adjusting to a new home, missing possessions, and the pressure of Show and Tell. The beads offer a route towards imagination and personal possibility.
Lillian and her mother have moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter.
Lillian watches classmates bring toys while she has no possessions to compare, after leaving everything behind.
Lillian eventually realises that imagination can make an ordinary string of beads magical.
The reference to an abusive father and a family shelter deserves thoughtful attention before reading.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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