We don’t need to overload young people with everything that adults carry, but we should be as truthful as we can for their age
‘Books can help children to process emotions while feeling safe.’W
The book also grapples with class and poverty, bullying and religion. An ambitious work, it won many literary awards. It has also been banned and challenged hundreds of times in American schools and public libraries. The reasons are complex but include the fact the book deals with death, witchcraft, swearing and atheism .Bridge to Terebithia was my literary introduction into the idea that a girl like me could die. Yes, it upset me, but it didn’t scare me or make me wary of living.
Now more than ever, in the light of everything that is going on in the world, we need to equip children with the skills to navigate emotional terrain – not protect them from it. Books can help children to process emotions while feeling safe.My latest middle grade book, The Jammer, is about a 12-year-old girl called Fred whose mother has died before the story starts.
My teenage son made a new friend this year. A girl whose mum died when she was two. They never talk about death. Or losing a parent. They just understand.
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