SuitabookThe geography of you and me
Jennifer E. Smith
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches if that suits your child, pausing to trace how Lucy and Owen’s circumstances change from place to place. Let them decide which moments or messages feel most significant.
- Themes
- Staying connected across distance: After leaving New York, Lucy and Owen stay in touch through postcards, occasional emails and phone calls as their lives take them to different places. The correspondence provides a way to follow how their connection continues while their locations change.
- Worth knowing
- The story begins with an elevator disabled by a citywide blackout. The teenagers also leave their home city with their families, placing separation and changing circumstances at the centre of the premise.