SuitabookBigg School: Double Drama
Lisa Williamson
- Reading
- Read alongside the child if family illness, caring duties or friendship worries feel personally relevant. Pause after the home and school pressures, then revisit how Daniel’s relationships change as he finds support through drama.
- Themes
- Belonging and self-expression: Daniel enjoys acting and gains confidence among the school-play cast, while worrying that his existing friends will ridicule this interest. The story appears to value a setting where Daniel can express himself, while showing the pressure created by fear of social judgement.
- Family responsibility and support: Daniel’s mother is unwell, his father is working frequently, and he helps with his younger sisters while trying to manage school and friendships. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Secrecy and honesty: Daniel says he is attending another activity when he is actually rehearsing, and the lies are described as mounting up. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready for illness in the family, a child carrying substantial responsibilities at home, friendship cruelty, name-calling, anger leading to school trouble, financial comparison and anxiety about being mocked.