SuitabookSeparation and belonging
Jack lives in an orphanage and wishes to return to his mother, sister, great-aunts and great-grandmother.
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Zana Fraillon - Author
This appears to be a poignant story about a child living apart from family, using humour while hoping to return home. Its fable-like, haunting tone may invite thoughtful, emotionally engaged reading.
"Each kid only has one pair of shoes here. Number 49's shoes are a pretty good fit for me and I know they're new because they still have that plastic smell. But the real Number 49 is quite a bit bigger than I am, because his pants keep falling down on me. I wish he would come back, so that I could go home." Jack loves telling jokes, but not many people laugh at them in the orphanage. Will he ever be reunited with his mother and sister, his great-aunts and great-grandmother, back at home? A haunting, fable-like story.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis appears to be a poignant story about a child living apart from family, using humour while hoping to return home. Its fable-like, haunting tone may invite thoughtful, emotionally engaged reading.
Jack lives in an orphanage and wishes to return to his mother, sister, great-aunts and great-grandmother.
Jack loves telling jokes, although not many people in the orphanage laugh at them.
Be ready to pause around Jack’s life in the orphanage and his uncertainty about seeing family again. A calm check-in may help if the story’s haunting atmosphere feels emotionally heavy.
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