SuitabookThe island horse
Susan Hughes
- Reading
- Consider pausing around the move to let your child talk about changes or loss in their own terms; return to the story when they are ready.
- Themes
- A changing sense of belonging: After leaving her former home, Ellie feels alone and angry; meeting Sarah and Orchid brings new relationships into her life. The plot links a major change in Ellie’s circumstances with the relationships she begins to form, tracing a shift in her emotional world.
- Worth knowing
- Ellie's mother has recently died, and Ellie leaves her former home and her mother's resting place. Her anger and grief are part of the story.