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Chris Hoy
- Reading
- Read alongside Fergus rather than explaining the mysteries in advance. Pause after major changes to ask what he knows, what he fears and what remains uncertain; the ending and the consequences of the arrest are unclear.
- Themes
- Fairness and unequal resources: Fergus’s team has second-hand bicycles that struggle against a rival team’s flashy new bicycles, and an offer of new bicycles complicates matters. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Changing family relationships: Fergus suspects his mother is falling in love with someone connected to the rival team and worries that he and Wesley may become stepbrothers. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Searching for a missing parent: In Nevermore, Fergus searches for his father with help from Lily and Unlucky Luke; a kitchen cat is turned back into his father before the king arrests him. The search combines friendship and fantastical transformation with suspense, but the father’s circumstances and the meaning of the arrest remain unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to how the story handles Fergus’s worries about his mother’s possible relationship, the contrast between the teams’ bicycles, and the arrest in Nevermore. The emotional effect of these events may depend on scenes not described here.