The Suitcase Kid
Jacqueline Wilson, Ying-Hwa Hu, Cornelius Van Wright
Readers rate it 3.6 (15 on Hardcover)
Released Mar 1, 2001 · Tandem Library
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The Suitcase Kid is a contemporary children's novel addressing divorce and blended families through the eyes of a child shuttled between two homes. The story handles these serious themes with sensitivity while centering emotional resilience and gradual acceptance. There is minimal content concern, though the subject matter involves family disruption and the emotional distress of a displaced child.
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When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me . . . My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. One week with M... When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me . . . My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me - and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. One week with Mum's new family, one week with Dad's. It's as easy as A B C. That's what everyone says. But all I want is to go home - back to Mulberry Cottage..
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- Stepfamilies
- Divorce
- Juvenile Fiction
- Fiction
- Presbyterians
- Biography
- Children's fiction
- Divorce, fiction
- Young Adult
- General
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ISBN 9780613088435 · Tandem Library