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Wrenfield: The Clubhouse · for ages 9 to 11
The clubhouse on the rec has until the summer fair.
One story, told in episodes: a group of friends trying to save the old clubhouse at the end of their field, and the new girl nobody is quite talking to. Some of your child’s choices are remembered, and change what happens later.
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Written for nine to eleven
The same four questions as every Wrenfield story — what happened, how someone feels, what they want, what to say — asked about the kind of trouble that turns up at nine, ten and eleven.
- Harder situations. A sixteen-year-old arrives with a clipboard and takes over your game, for what might be a good reason. A new classmate’s mom wrote the report that could get the clubhouse knocked down.
- Harder reading. In the first episode your child is asked whether Gus is angry, frustrated or surprised, and then to point at which of three things he said or did shows it. Naming a feeling is half the job; showing where you saw it is the other half.
- Right answers that still cost something. Handing something over for a good reason can be the right choice. It does not make it cost less, and the story says so.
- One story, not a set. Each episode picks up where the last one stopped, and a few of the choices your child makes are carried forward to change what happens later.
Who is in it
The six, three years older
The same children from Wrenfield: Friends and Fallings-Out. They were six, seven and eight there. Now they are nine, ten and eleven: taller, with the same faces, and some of the same troubles.
- KitDara's best friend. She calls him the Lookout, because Kit sees everything from out there.Age 10
- DaraKnew who Gus was before anybody told her.Age 11
- PriyaNotices a lot; says less.Age 11
- NadiaHas run the Saturday game on the rec since she was seven. Now somebody else might have the list.Age 11
- OmarNadia's brother, in goal. He is the one that finds the notice.Age 9
- JonahTop scorer, and happy to tell you so.Age 10
New to Wrenfield: Gus and Ruby
- RubyIn their class since Easter, at her first Saturday game. It was Ruby's mom who wrote the report on the clubhouse.Age 10
- GusSixteen, and he has brought a clipboard to a pickup game. He is here for the clubhouse, and he has not said why.Age 16
Where it happens
Familiar places
The recWhere the Saturday game is, and where the notice turns up.
The school gateWhere the week starts, before the bell.
The parkSunday afternoons, on the bench.
New places
Inside the clubhouseNobody under sixteen has been in for four years.
The gymAfter school, where Mrs. Talbot runs the program.
Mr. Idris's classroomTheir teacher this year.
The summer fairWhere the council decides.
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The whole first episode, as it will play in the app, with every line read aloud. The ball rolls down to the clubhouse, there is a notice on the door, and then Gus arrives. Nothing to install, no account, and nothing to type in.
There are three ways it can go. Try one, then go again and try another.
Still being made
Wrenfield: The Clubhouse is still being made. When it is ready, this page will say so.
For younger children, aged 6 to 8, Wrenfield: Friends and Fallings-Out comes first. There is no mailing list to join; the news will be here, and on brightkidzhub.com.