SuitabookHugging the Rock
Susan Taylor Brown
- Reading
- Try reading a few poems at a time, then pause to talk about how Rachel’s perspective seems to be shifting. Let your reader choose whether to discuss parallels with their own life.
- Themes
- Trust between parent and child: Rachel questions whether her father loves her and learns that he has kept secrets from before she was born. The story includes uncertainty and revelation in this relationship, but their treatment cannot be judged from the plot outline alone.
- Worth knowing
- Rachel experiences her parents’ divorce, separation from her mother and periods of pulling away from school and a friend. These family changes and social withdrawal may merit a check-in with your reader.