SuitabookReconnecting with an absent parent
Dan’s father left when Dan was seven, and seeing him on television prompts Dan to try to re-establish contact. Dan’s mother has a new boyfriend, creating a changed family setting.
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Lara Williamson - Author
This is a humorous, emotionally involving story about a boy seeking his absent father while family and school life keep changing around him. Its lively voice sits alongside difficult questions about separation, belonging and hope.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a humorous, emotionally involving story about a boy seeking his absent father while family and school life keep changing around him. Its lively voice sits alongside difficult questions about separation, belonging and hope.
Dan’s father left when Dan was seven, and seeing him on television prompts Dan to try to re-establish contact. Dan’s mother has a new boyfriend, creating a changed family setting.
Dan narrates in the first person and present tense, using lively imagery and comic observations while dealing with family and school concerns.
The main point to notice is parental absence: Dan wants his father’s love and attempts to re-establish contact.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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