SuitabookHugo och Josefin
Maria Gripe
- Reading
- Read together if useful, pausing to let your reader describe how they see each child. You could check in after the school experiences and revisit any questions about the story’s ending.
- Themes
- Friendship across differences: Josephine, who can be lonely, befriends Hugo, whose interests and way of life are described as unusual. Their friendship is presented as important and life-changing for Josephine.
- Teasing at school: Josephine is often teased at school, and Hugo is described as a match for the school bullies. The presence of teasing and bullies is clear, but the story’s wider treatment of the behaviour is not.
- Worth knowing
- Josephine is teased at school and sometimes lonely at home. These experiences may be worth discussing if your reader is sensitive to social exclusion or loneliness.