SuitabookA place for Starr
Howard Schor
- Reading
- Read together if the child may connect personally with the subject. Pause to acknowledge difficult feelings, let the child lead discussion, and avoid pressing for private disclosures.
- Themes
- Children’s experience of family violence: Starr tells how she and her brother experience a scary home life affected by family violence. The book presents the subject through a child-centred story intended to support understanding; its treatment of responsibility, causes, and remedies is not established.
- Escape and hope: Starr and her brother escape their frightening home life, followed by a family journey towards peace and hope. The synopsis clearly frames the later direction as peaceful and hopeful, but does not establish how change occurs or whether difficulties remain.
- Worth knowing
- Family violence and a scary home life are central, and escape is part of the story. The hopeful direction may be reassuring, but the emotional impact and ending’s detail are unclear.