SuitabookA little princess
Bob Blaisdell
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the early change in Sara’s circumstances. You could pause to talk about what feels hardest for her, then revisit how the story resolves her situation.
- Themes
- Hope amid hardship: Sara faces poverty and adversity at her school after her father dies. Sara is described as maintaining optimism and goodness, but how the story evaluates that response is not clear.
- Power and treatment at school: Sara is at the mercy of a headmistress described as vindictive while she is penniless. The outline signals an unequal relationship, but does not establish how the book presents the headmistress’s conduct or other pupils’ experiences.
- Changed fortunes: Sara becomes penniless after her father’s death, and a mysterious benefactor eventually transforms her life. The outline gives hardship followed by improvement, but does not show what the story suggests about the causes or fairness of that change.
- Worth knowing
- Sara’s father dies, and she faces poverty and adversity at school. These circumstances may be worth discussing if bereavement or financial hardship is difficult for your reader.