SuitabookSleepovers
Jacqueline Wilson
- Reading
- Read together if useful, pausing when Daisy’s worries or the group’s behaviour come up. Let the child lead on personal connections, and return to the story’s ending afterwards if they want to discuss how matters resolve.
- Themes
- Belonging and friendship: Daisy is a new member of a school friendship group and wants to fit in; Chloe is sometimes unfriendly towards her. The story includes both Daisy’s wish to belong and an uneven friendship dynamic; how it evaluates or resolves these is not established.
- Sisterhood and learning disabilities: Daisy worries about what her friends will make of her older sister, who has learning disabilities. The sister’s learning disabilities are part of Daisy’s family situation, but the sister’s own perspective and the story’s treatment of disability are not established.
- Worth knowing
- Daisy is anxious about fitting in and about her friends’ reaction to her sister. Chloe is described as distinctly unfriendly at times; the extent or consequences of this behaviour are unclear.