This would be a useful book for both the target 8-12 year olds and their parents. I’m not a big fan of therapy, but I found this summary of the process and techniques for Bea to be excellent.
The eponymous “List of Things That Will Not Change” is for Bea when she finds out about the divorce - my favorite item: “We are still a family, but in a different way.” And indeed, that is how they behave.īea also sees a therapist - Miriam - and the advice she recollects at various points is clear and useful. The book serves as an excellent template for how to handle a divorce. While not as creative as some of Stead’s earlier books, this is a well-done dive into the experiences of a young girl struggling to understand the massive changes in her life. Now her father and his boyfriend Jesse are getting married and Bea might be getting a sister - something she has always wanted. Bea alternates living with each parent day by day and weekend by weekend. 10-year old Bea has largely adjusted to the big changes in her life - 2 years before her parents divorced so that her father could be the gay man he had always known himself to be.
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