SuitabookJust sayin'
Dandi Daley Mackall
- Reading
- You could read together and pause when the game show’s insults come up, inviting your child to consider how the words might land. Keep space for any feelings the family uncertainty brings up.
- Themes
- Family change and hope: Cassie and the other children try to understand why their parents’ relationship ended and seek a way to bring them back together. The children’s wish to reunite the adults is part of the situation; the story’s view of that hope and how it resolves are not clear.
- The impact of words: The children become involved in a game show that encourages insults, while the story highlights the power of words and includes reminders from the Bible about taming the tongue. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- A difficult breakup and children’s hopes of restoring the relationship are central. Insults are also part of the game-show premise; the extent and tone of the name-calling are not clear.