Slade does it. She asks lots of questions and everyone thrusts their hands up and makes little bursting noises in the hope that she will pick them. Today she is holding a bag and it looks like she is going to do something fun. “What night is it tonight?” There’s a sound like wings as more than a hundred arms part the air. “Yes, Kyle?” “Halloween!” “That’s right. Halloween’s usually in half-term, isn’t it? But not this year.” Mrs. Slade talks about Halloween. She gets a funny mask out of her bag and asks for a volunteer to wear it. Then she produces a pumpkin-shaped bucket and talks about trick-or-treating safely with big brothers and sisters or mums and dads. Jacob has never been trick-or-treating. Two years ago, when he was really small, Sister Stevens did a Halloween party in the parking lot at church and it was completely ace. It was called Trunk or Treat because car boots in America are called “trunks.” All the children walked from car to car saying, “Trunk or treat?”
What do You think about A Song For Issy Bradley (2014)?
