SuitabookBelonging and exclusion
Landon hopes to join the school football team but is at risk of being left out.
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Tim Green - Author
This is a school-and-sport story about a deaf boy seeking belonging and recognition. Its central interest is how Landon responds to exclusion and whether friendship and determination change his place within the team.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a school-and-sport story about a deaf boy seeking belonging and recognition. Its central interest is how Landon responds to exclusion and whether friendship and determination change his place within the team.
Landon hopes to join the school football team but is at risk of being left out.
Landon is deaf, uses cochlear implants and experiences difficulty connected with the way he talks.
An unlikely friend appears when Landon is ready to give up, while Landon continues trying to earn a place on the field.
Notice how the story depicts Landon’s deafness, speech and cochlear implants: does it give him agency beyond proving himself, or mainly frame difference as an obstacle to overcome?
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.