What our educators thought

“We ran our book club for year 5 & 6 for this book and the children really enjoyed it. The diversity in this book is done in a way that it is just part of the story and not a focal point or exaggerated with unnecessary drama. The love between the family of two dads and the adopted twins creates a wonderfully strong bond. Nyx, with a pronoun they, is a great character that the children just seem to focus on their magical talent. The relationship between the twins, Ed and Elodie, covers a range of sibling emotions, love, friendship, anger and jealousy. This creates some great talking points with children about their own families and relationships. Similarly, the dynamic between Ed and his bully, Greg, changes the focus on who you feel sorry for throughout the book. Creating a discussion on retaliating against a bully and if it is every acceptable. The fantasy world of dreams compared to the world of nightmares raising the subject of what is scary to one person might not be to another, and what one person dreams of can be the opposite for other people. There could be some interesting illustrations linked to reading this book based on different perspectives. I can’t wait to read book 2.”