SuitabookAlmost Home
Nora Raleigh Baskin
- Reading
- You could read together in short sections and pause when Leah’s family or school situation changes; invite discussion, but let the reader decide what they want to share.
- Themes
- Finding a sense of home: After years of moving between households, Leah is living with her father and stepmother and feels out of place. The story follows Leah’s struggle to adjust and her gradual consideration of how she fits into her family.
- Expression and friendship: An unconventional boy, Will, befriends Leah and persuades her to try acting as a way to express her ideas and feelings. Acting is presented as an opportunity Leah tries; the available plot outline does not establish its longer-term effect.
- Worth knowing
- Leah’s history of moving between parents and households, alongside her difficulty adjusting to her father’s home, may resonate with readers who have experienced family changes.