SuitabookBelonging and rejection
Olivia moves through repeated homes and behaves as though she must prove that carers will reject her.
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Sally Nicholls - Author
This is a tense, unsettling story about a child in care who expects rejection and tests new homes. Its reverse structure and uncertain supernatural threat make Olivia’s emotional experience central.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a tense, unsettling story about a child in care who expects rejection and tests new homes. Its reverse structure and uncertain supernatural threat make Olivia’s emotional experience central.
Olivia moves through repeated homes and behaves as though she must prove that carers will reject her.
Olivia believes a ghost threatens her new family, while the danger may instead come from within her troubled perceptions.
Expect frightening material involving abuse, children dying, a criminal history and a threatening ghostly presence. Olivia’s care experiences are repeatedly painful, and the book builds towards a disturbing placement crisis.
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.