SuitabookGhosts of the Pacific
Philip Roy
- Reading
- Read together if the historical references prompt questions. Pause to distinguish the story’s past events from its present-day pollution concerns, and let your child decide which topic they would like to explore further.
- Themes
- Environmental protection: Alfred encounters harmful shrimp-trawling and a large spread of plastic pollution, then takes on a goal of protecting the oceans. The book presents this favourably.
- History and place: Alfred visits Pacific places connected with nuclear testing, the Enola Gay’s departure with the atomic bomb, and other past tragedies. The journey places sites associated with past tragedies alongside Alfred’s encounters with present-day environmental damage.
- Worth knowing
- The journey refers to nuclear testing, the Enola Gay’s departure with the atomic bomb, and other past tragedies; it also depicts harmful shrimp-trawling and extensive plastic pollution. These subjects may invite questions or concern.