SuitabookFamily responsibility and children’s needs
Aislinn is made responsible for younger siblings while family problems, especially her father’s drinking, obstruct her plans.
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Coleen Murtagh Paratore - Author
This is a hopeful story about a girl whose ambitions are obstructed by family problems and caring responsibilities. Her appeal for change grows into a community project, while the seriousness of her father’s drinking remains part of the emotional backdrop.
A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . . Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under lock and key and put in charge of her younger siblings. The average girl might give up, but not Aislinn. A person, she says, should write their dreams on their sleeve, putting them out there for the world to see, because there's a good chance that someone might come along and help you make your dream come true. What begins as a plea for help for her father to stop drinking, turns into a spark that has the whole community making their own dreamsleeves. At times heartbreaking, *Dreamsleeves* is also surprising, powerful, and luminously hopeful. Everyone will see a little of themselves in Aislinn, a girl with talent, ambition, and big dreams.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a hopeful story about a girl whose ambitions are obstructed by family problems and caring responsibilities. Her appeal for change grows into a community project, while the seriousness of her father’s drinking remains part of the emotional backdrop.
Aislinn is made responsible for younger siblings while family problems, especially her father’s drinking, obstruct her plans.
Aislinn’s plea concerning her father’s drinking develops into a community-wide practice of making dreamsleeves.
Consider whether the depiction of Aislinn’s responsibilities feels emotionally manageable, and whether the story gives enough space to her own needs alongside concern for her father and younger siblings.
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