SuitabookRock star
Kelly Starling Lyons
- Reading
- Read alongside the child, pausing when the teammate rejects an idea. Invite them to distinguish what Jada knows from what she guesses, then revisit whether cooperation or friendship develops.
- Themes
- Friendship and separation: Jada’s best friend moves away, and Jada says school feels like the last place she wants to be. The story gives space to the disruption caused by a friendship ending geographically, but its judgement about coping or recovery is not stated.
- Teamwork and disagreement: A rocks-and-minerals class project places Jada in a team with someone who rejects her ideas and seems not to like her. The situation creates a bounded opportunity to consider listening, compromise and assumptions, but the book’s eventual message about teamwork is not established.
- Interest and confidence: Jada collects rocks and feels more at ease when her teacher announces a project about rocks and minerals. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to how Jada interprets her teammate’s behaviour and whether the project changes their relationship. The book may open discussion about friendship after separation without making every feeling easy to solve.