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A review by alicebennett
The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Maxwell, a boy who is a consistent troublemaker and seeks to make others miserable. His only real friends are Charlie, the geeky boy who is too afraid of Max to stay away, and an elderly man named Reg who Maxwell confides in as a third paternal figure. With family troubles at home, a looming divorce and friendship issues, Maxwell feels misunderstood and starts to wish that he was never born.
As if by magic, he wakes up the next day to find that he has been erased from people's memory, giving him free rein to understand their inner feelings and learn that it takes losing everything to realise how much you have, and how much you are valued. Will Maxwell make it back to his real-life or will he settle for a life of loneliness and uncertainty?
This could inform a PSHE lesson where the children could consider what they would do if they could turn back time in their lives and have another chance at something. What would they change, how might it feel to start over again and how can they show kindness to others?
As if by magic, he wakes up the next day to find that he has been erased from people's memory, giving him free rein to understand their inner feelings and learn that it takes losing everything to realise how much you have, and how much you are valued. Will Maxwell make it back to his real-life or will he settle for a life of loneliness and uncertainty?
This could inform a PSHE lesson where the children could consider what they would do if they could turn back time in their lives and have another chance at something. What would they change, how might it feel to start over again and how can they show kindness to others?