SuitabookProperty of the State
Bill Cameron
- Reading
- Because the ending and the injury’s treatment remain unclear, consider checking in around the physical confrontation and investigation. Afterwards, discuss how systems and personal choices affect Joey without reducing him to his record.
- Themes
- Growing up under state care: The book addresses growing up under state care; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The situation foregrounds the pressure of trying to become independent within a care system Joey feels may consume his future.
- Reputation and judgement: After a classmate is seriously injured, Joey becomes the investigation’s focus because of a prior confrontation and his record. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Trust and adult relationships: The book addresses trust and adult relationships; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The relationships appear varied rather than uniformly supportive, but the limited account cannot show whether the story ultimately condemns, repairs or complicates them.
- Worth knowing
- The book includes foster-care disruption, a false accusation, a physical clash, a serious injury caused by a hit-and-run, criminal-record stigma and strained relationships with adults. The emotional weight of these events is unclear.