SuitabookRent a bridesmaid
Jacqueline Wilson
- Reading
- Read together if you like, pausing when Tilly’s family wish comes up. Invite your child to share their response, without assuming it matches Tilly’s.
- Themes
- Friendship and bridesmaid dreams: Matty is asked to be a bridesmaid, while Tilly dreams of the role and decides to offer bridesmaid services. The outline foregrounds friendship and Tilly’s wish, but does not show how the friendship develops or how her plan is judged.
- Family hopes: Tilly would like to attend her own parents’ wedding, but believes this will not happen. This gives the story a family-focused concern, though the reasons behind Tilly’s belief and the book’s treatment of it remain unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Tilly believes her parents’ wedding will never happen. A child with related family circumstances may want space to talk about what this means to her.