SuitabookThen We’ll Be Happy
Alan Carrigan
- Reading
- Read alongside a conversation about access rather than treating Sam’s resilience as the whole message. Pause where institutions, carers or friends make decisions, and ask whose voice is heard.
- Themes
- Disability and access: Sam encounters inaccessible transport, exclusion and people speaking over him; the story includes explanations of personal assistance and disability models. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Agency and growing up: The book addresses agency and growing up; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book presents this favourably.
- Friendship and collective action: Aimee, Trevor and Patrick help Sam develop a concert-based plan to raise funds for an accessible school bus. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- Consider it if your family welcomes a direct story about disability and accessibility.