Suitabook100 days and 99 nights
Alan Madison
- Reading
- Let your reader set the pace, and invite them to talk about what being good means to Esme and why she finds it difficult.
- Themes
- A parent away on military duty: Esme waits for her father to return from a military tour and tries to be good while he is away. The story makes military absence personal by focusing on its place in family life and Esme’s perspective.
- Feeling responsible for being good: Esme feels it is her duty to be good, though she finds this difficult, particularly with her younger brother Ike. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Esme worries about what could happen while her father is away, and the story connects the separation to military service and war. Consider whether those subjects feel timely for your reader.