SuitabookThe substitute criminal
Steven Whibley
- Reading
- Read together if useful, pausing when the plan emerges to ask what the boys know and what they still need to consider before acting. You can revisit their reasoning once the outcome is clear.
- Themes
- Friendship and shared problem-solving: Jared and Marcus work together as “Revengers” and try to build a problem-solving business. The premise presents them as a pair with a shared venture, but does not establish whether their choices are praised or challenged.
- Conflict with a teacher: The boys have an uncomfortable history with Mr Shevchenko, who returns as their substitute teacher and gives out detentions. The premise sets up conflict but does not show whether the teacher’s conduct or the boys’ response is treated as justified.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes detentions, an uncomfortable history with a teacher and the boys’ attempts to act against him. The nature and intensity of those attempts are not specified.