Synopsis
Dramatisation of the story of Elaine Grew, a brave and
troubled young soul. Last year her dad died and now
Elaine’s in turmoil. She squabbles with her mum
and begins to stay away from school. Shunned by her
friends, Elaine spends day after day in the overgrown
wilderness of her dad’s old allotment, where once
she was so happy. Here she crawls like a lizard, slithers
like a snake and works spells with spiders, just as
she used to when he was with her. What is Elaine searching
for, in this place of memories, dreams and magic?
Cross-curricular links and themes
- Citizenship
and PSHE – bereavement and loss; family
relationships; bullying and social exclusion.
- Themes: outsiders
versus conventionality; dreams and reality; the
wilderness and nature.
| ISBN
0 340 90792 4 £6.99
November 2005 96pp |
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