SuitabookStar of the show
Sue Bentley
- Reading
- Read alongside the child if the film-set world or loneliness prompts discussion. Pause to compare Tessa’s choices with Storm’s help, while leaving the ending open until the book is finished.
- Themes
- Finding connection: Tessa is on a film set as a young actress and has nobody to talk to; Storm helps her make new friends. The premise places loneliness and new friendship at the centre, but the available synopsis does not show how the book evaluates Tessa’s choices or relationships.
- Magic and animals: Storm is a spaniel puppy with midnight blue eyes who magically appears to Tessa. Magic and an animal companion are presented as core story elements rather than realistic explanations; their wider meaning is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The central emotional thread is loneliness: Tessa is described as having nobody to talk to. Notice whether the story gives her agency in making connections, rather than presenting Storm as the only solution.