SuitabookFamily distance and change
Lucy is pleased about her father’s remarriage partly because it may enable her to leave home for a science boarding school; the sisters are described as not close.
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Lori Culwell - Author
This is a family-focused story about change, distance between siblings, and Lucy’s hope that a new school will offer a different life. Its central interest appears to be how three contrasting sisters relate during family upheaval.
Lucy Whitley is excited that her dad is remarrying, because this life change means that Lucy will get to leave her sisters in sunshiny California and go to a science boarding school. The Whitley family isn't very close or very connected and the three sisters stay in touch through email, even though they live in the same house. 10-year-old Frankie is a dreadlock-wearing tomboy with a love for snowboarding, and Sloane is a gorgeous mean girl queen bee, while plain science-loving Lucy is wedged between the two.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a family-focused story about change, distance between siblings, and Lucy’s hope that a new school will offer a different life. Its central interest appears to be how three contrasting sisters relate during family upheaval.
Lucy is pleased about her father’s remarriage partly because it may enable her to leave home for a science boarding school; the sisters are described as not close.
Consider asking how each sister might experience the family changes differently, and whether living together while communicating mainly by email affects what they understand about one another.
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