Diversity Education Families Relationships Self-acceptance
Fruitloops and dipsticks
Summary:
Simone is a 12-year-old girl who has to start in a new school because of her mother’s new boyfriend, a seemingly dull man. In protest, she cuts her hair off and that’s when the trouble really begins.
Edited by:
Biblioteka Sarajeva (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Author(s):
Stark, Ulf
Publisher:
Gecko Press
City:
Wellington
Year:
2010
Pages:
152
ISBN:
9781877467585
Age Range:
6 - 10
Language:
EN
Original Language:
SV
Keywords:
Diversity, Education, Families, Relationships, Self-acceptance
Comment:
This is a coming-of-age/gender identity novel about a girl called Simone who is mistaken for a boy by her teacher when she starts at her new school (hence the name Simon). Simone comes to accept her family’s – and her own – eccentricities, and learns a lot about life and love.