SuitabookBelonging and difference
Alice and the other new pupils each have difficulties fitting into Pebblewood Boarding School.
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Emily Kenny - Author
A warm, imaginative school mystery combining animal shapeshifting with friendship, sensory overwhelm and family pressures. Alice’s investigation offers adventure while bringing several pupils’ struggles with belonging into the story.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA warm, imaginative school mystery combining animal shapeshifting with friendship, sensory overwhelm and family pressures. Alice’s investigation offers adventure while bringing several pupils’ struggles with belonging into the story.
Alice and the other new pupils each have difficulties fitting into Pebblewood Boarding School.
Alice’s friendships are challenged, while Tim is protective of his mother, who is described as having depression.
After a seagull gives Alice a job, she undertakes a mission to discover who is stealing the animals.
The opening includes a panic attack connected with gritty sand, slimy seaweed and sensory overload. The story also involves a parent’s depression and the mystery of animals being stolen.
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