SuitabookPirate School: Just a Bit of Wind
Jeremy Strong
- Reading
- Consider reading this together if a child is unsettled by storms or rescue scenes. Pause after the first impression of Patagonia and revisit it after the rescue to compare what has changed.
- Themes
- Changing first impressions: The children initially regard headteacher Patagonia as scary, then learn that she is not so frightening after rescuing her from the sea. The plot clearly sets up a change in perception, but the brief account does not show whether the book fully challenges or simply reverses the initial judgement.
- Cooperation in danger: When Patagonia is swept overboard during a storm, the children rescue her. The rescue places the children in an active helping role, though the brief account does not establish how their cooperation is organised or evaluated.
- Worth knowing
- Some readers may want preparation for peril involving a storm, someone being swept overboard and children carrying out a rescue. Lessons also involve walking the plank and hand-to-hand fighting.