SuitabookConfessions of an imaginary friend
Michelle Cuevas
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches if useful, pausing when Jacques’s idea of who he is shifts; invite your child to share their interpretation before offering yours.
- Themes
- A whimsical imaginary-friend perspective: Jacques narrates as an imaginary friend who has not realised he is imaginary, and sets out on a quest after discovering the truth about his relationship to Fleur. The premise uses a whimsical autobiographical framing to explore the question of what it means to exist through another person’s imagination.
- Worth knowing
- Jacques feels disliked and left out, with examples involving classroom attention, sports teams and family mealtimes; these moments may merit a check-in if social exclusion is a tender subject.