SuitabookHubcaps and Puppies
Rosemary Nelson
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the bereavement and the threatened habitat come up. Follow the child’s lead on whether to discuss Nikki’s choices or her bond with her grandmother.
- Themes
- Wildlife and development: Plans to fill in a pond for a housing estate threaten the habitat of rare turtles, and Nikki takes a stand on their behalf. The book presents this favourably.
- Grief and new bonds: After her dog dies, Nikki receives a puppy and gradually becomes friends with her newly arrived grandmother. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Nikki is grieving the death of a beloved dog, and her home life is described as tense. She also takes a dangerous stand; what that involves and how intense it becomes are unclear.