‘When I Feel Red’ is an inspiring story about April, a 12-year-old girl, who is animal mad. If she isn’t watching a tv vet show, she is fantasizing about her make-believe animal rescue with her soft toys. However, as a Year 8 pupil, she is starting to feel left behind as her peers are growing up – they are far more interested in boyfriends than dreamworlds. This divide is not helped by April’s dyspraxia especially her lack of organisation.
This story helps the reader emphasise with the difficulties dyspraxia brings through April but also the theme that not everyone is the same and this is ok – it is best to be you rather than follow a crowd.
‘…it is best to be you, rather than follow the crowd.’
Emily (14)
The story is a powerful story and unforgettable – I certainly wasn’t aware of dyspraxia before, but I am now.
I would recommend this to readers in Year 7,8 and 9.