SuitabookLola Rose
Jacqueline Wilson
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the family’s escape is introduced. Let the child set the pace for discussing the abuse, and return to the practical pressures as they arise.
- Themes
- Escape and assumed identity: Jayni, her mother and little brother leave an abusive father and take on false identities; Jayni becomes Lola Rose. Their flight first feels like an adventure, before money runs out. The story’s shift from adventure to hardship makes the pressures of escape and keeping a secret part of its narrative progression.
- Worth knowing
- The family flees Jayni’s abusive father, making family violence central to the story’s circumstances.