SuitabookThe Jacqueline Wilson Collection
Jacqueline Wilson
- Reading
- Read a section at a time and pause after moments involving family difficulty or humour. Invite the reader to explain each narrator’s viewpoint, without requiring them to compare it with personal experience.
- Themes
- Humour and coping: Elsa tells jokes in an effort to cheer her family after they lose their home; Tracy presents her own story directly. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family and housing insecurity: Elsa’s family moves into a bed-and-breakfast hotel after losing their house, and the family’s mood changes. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether a reader would welcome stories that acknowledge losing a home and family strain while retaining comic elements. It may help to check in if those subjects feel personally close.