SuitabookThe nearest faraway place
Hayley Long
- Reading
- Read together if useful, pausing after the brothers move in with their aunt and uncle to check how the change in home life is landing. Let the child choose whether to continue or talk more.
- Themes
- Different responses to bereavement: Dylan worries that Griff is not speaking about or acknowledging their parents’ deaths, while Dylan has something of his own to come to terms with. The premise sets the brothers’ responses alongside one another, keeping attention on both Griff and Dylan rather than presenting only Dylan’s concern for his brother.
- Worth knowing
- The parents’ deaths in a road collision and the brothers’ bereavement are central to the premise. This may be worth bearing in mind if road deaths or parental loss feel particularly close to home.