Grown-ups - parents, teachers, librarians - will dictate what books enter her world.Īnd when it comes to children, grown-ups will always have an agenda. The younger a reader, the less control she has on what she reads. You'd think the idea of reading for pleasure is obvious, but it isn't. Thanks, Culford School Library - you totally got the message that reading should first and foremost be about pleasure. I promise not to judge your choice of reading matter. I was gratified when a librarian from Culford School Library reposted it with the caption: The images were so hilarious, I used Photoshop to repurpose the comic into the one on the right. The other day, I saw a funny Filipino meme doing the rounds on Facebook. Mountain and a boy escaping World War II Nazis.With warm thanks to the UKMG Extravaganza Book Tour and Maryom and The Mole for hosting me on Our Book Reviews! And I loved reading them : left to right, a girl who hasĪn invisible friend, a boy with Asperger's, teenagers trapped in a These are four hugely diﬀerent books but they all share Shine’s theme

I was exploring many dualities: light andĭark, happiness and sorrow, being the same.

One of the stories is about twin sisters. Of ghosts in it.’ Do you know what I mean? ‘It’s a ghost story.’ But the blurb on the cover says:

When people ask me what Shine is about, I reply,.

If Mirasol were human, whatĭid you get the sense that the island was also

Unending rain is ordinary to the people.

When they meet another child who has actually Ray Bradbury – about children who live on Venus

I also read the short story All Summer in a Day by.

Life in the Philippines would be unthinkable How ﬂoods that seemed such an ordinary part of When I started writing Shine, there were terrible.A D I S C U S S I O N G U I D E B Y T H E A U T H O R.Thanks to you all for making your images available on CC Attribution.

Premnath Thirumalaisamy for his photo of light streaming through an open door James Blann for his photo of rain lashed Aberystwyth Nasser Alzhrani for his photo of a boy in silhouette Īmancay Maahs for her photo of a keyboard David also created the cover art for Shine. If you have suggestions for more reference materials for SHINE, I would love to hear from you! (Watch out for the Philippine edition of Shine, out in September 2014)ĭavid Dean for the rain background art on the slides. You can let me know what you think by messaging me on the contact form of my website. I hope teachers, librarians and readers of my book will find it useful. Hello readers! I created this discussion guide for readers of SHINE, my young adult / teen novel.

Summary of tall story by candy gourlay