SuitabookTrust and first impressions
Flora likes Daniel, while other people do not seem to trust him.
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Bel Mooney - Author
This is a relationship-centred story about trust, loyalty and sudden responsibility. Flora must make sense of changing relationships while deciding how to respond to Daniel and the danger facing her father.
Before she knows it, everything in thirteen-year-old Flora Popescu's life has changed. Her parents, her best friend Alys, and the restricted life she has always known in their Bucharest tower block are distanced from her - and Daniel, the mysterious new boy at school, seems to be the cause. Flora likes him, but why can't everybody else trust him too? She thinks of her father's words: "People like us can't afford the luxury of new friends." Then, just as she is making sense of her divided loyalties, Flora discovers that only she alone can save her father's life.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a relationship-centred story about trust, loyalty and sudden responsibility. Flora must make sense of changing relationships while deciding how to respond to Daniel and the danger facing her father.
Flora likes Daniel, while other people do not seem to trust him.
Flora’s parents and best friend become distant, while her feelings about Daniel create competing loyalties.
Flora discovers that only she may be able to save her father’s life.
The story may prompt attention to separation within families, mistrust of newcomers and the pressure of feeling responsible for a parent.
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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