SuitabookFinding home after displacement
Adrian’s family leaves Chicago after the fire, moves between relatives and eventually reaches Singapore, where he begins to feel at home.
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Sandy Carlson - Author
A historical adventure about starting again after disaster, building friendships and trying to protect a new home from moving sand. Expect family upheaval, school conflict and an ending whose precise emotional shape is unclear.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA historical adventure about starting again after disaster, building friendships and trying to protect a new home from moving sand.
Adrian’s family leaves Chicago after the fire, moves between relatives and eventually reaches Singapore, where he begins to feel at home.
Adrian makes a first friend, keeps a knitting hobby secret from his father, and tries to protect his new girlfriend Elizabeth from Jake’s bullying.
Moving sand dunes along Lake Michigan gradually bury Singapore, while Adrian tries to stop the town’s disappearance.
The story includes homelessness after the Chicago fire, repeated moves, a school bully, attempts to protect a new girlfriend from bullying and a town being buried by sand.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.