SuitabookThe dream cave
Susan Holliday
- Reading
- You could pause after the injury passage to check how the scene feels, then discuss the difference between taking a risk for oneself and involving a friend. The ending is unclear.
- Themes
- Rules, curiosity and consequences: Juniper repeatedly makes marks despite knowing they are forbidden; his disobedience places him and Oak in danger. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Friendship under strain: The book addresses friendship under strain; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The friendship is presented as tested, but how either friend responds or whether their relationship changes is not established.
- Worth knowing
- There is a vivid injury: Juniper crawls with a broken leg that aches. He and Oak are also said to face terrible danger; the nature and extent of that danger are not established.