SuitabookFear and the wolf image
Cassy experiences nightmares in which Red Riding Hood is reshaped by her fears, while a wolf project and the father’s actions give the image several possible meanings.
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Gillian Cross - Author
Expect a tense, psychologically charged story about a teenager confronting withheld family truths. Its interest lies in fear, responsibility and changing interpretations of danger, rather than simply solving a sequence of clues.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceExpect a tense, psychologically charged story about a teenager confronting withheld family truths. Its interest lies in fear, responsibility and changing interpretations of danger, rather than simply solving a sequence of clues.
Cassy experiences nightmares in which Red Riding Hood is reshaped by her fears, while a wolf project and the father’s actions give the image several possible meanings.
Cassy’s grandmother and mother keep silent about her absent father until she discovers that he is involved in terrorism.
Cassy’s mother’s household earns a living through school programmes combining fact, fiction, drama and story, including work about wolves.
Be ready for family disruption, squatting or squalid living conditions, nightmares and terrorism involving a parent.
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.
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