SuitabookGone Missing
Jean Ure
- Reading
- If reading together, pause after the girls reach London and compare what each expected with what happens. This can open a conversation about impulsive choices without treating the story as a guide to running away.
- Themes
- Leaving home: Jade persuades Honey to leave home for London, though Honey is unsure; their plans do not work out as expected. The trip challenges the girls’ expectations, and Honey proves stronger than Jade expects.
- Family tension and change: Jade is fed up with conflict involving her mother and stepfather; Honey is unhappy with her mother. Jade later sees home differently. Jade’s first-person account and the humour beneath the family crises give the conflict a character-led, sometimes comic treatment.
- Worth knowing
- Family conflict is central: Jade clashes with her strict stepfather, and Honey’s mother is alcoholic. These circumstances may be worth noting if they connect with a reader’s own family life.