So I've been busy doing chores at home and I've had found this one short novel written by Anne Fine entitle Step by Wicked Step. It is a story of a modern children tell that resonate with readers. The book is not about solving problems but about simply dealing with them. All of the children get a chance to express themselves in the novel. But my favourite chapter would be chapter 4 "Collin's story: The Bluebird of Happiness".
Throughout Collin's story, I can see how much love he poured for his stepfather whom he called dad and has had thought of him as his real father all this while because they're both look alike and his dad was always with him; makes him tea, took him to the park and walks him to school and back. Here we know that his stepfather did love him too as he's giving many nickname to him.
After his mother took him away from his father, I can see that Collin was almost depress because at school no one understand him and his mother is so busy working; she don't has time to listen to him. So, here I can see that Collin has no one, except the memories of his step father that he loves so much. By seeing how much Collin wants to reunite with his step father can breaks anyone heart as his mother don't want him to do so - I just found that it's beautiful when a son loves his father this much; even his father is not his biological father.
More to say about the book, it shows that sometimes children are so sophisticated in their insight; becoming merely a mouthpiece for the message, but the way they think and feel is on target. There's recognization of frustration and desire of every children held in their hand and heart. Parents should be in their children's shoes before make any decisions that they think might be the best for them.
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