SuitabookAir
Ryan Gattis
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside your young person, or checking in after the story’s opening, to talk about Grey’s loss and how he adjusts to a new home and community. Later, revisit the group’s choices as their audience grows.
- Themes
- Activism and risky stunts: Grey and his friends perform increasingly dangerous bike stunts, film them and share them online as a way to challenge police pressure and prejudice. The stunts are linked to a desire to challenge stereotypes and draw attention to alleged wrongdoing, while the growing danger and police pressure complicate their empowering purpose.
- Grief and belonging: After his mother’s murder, Grey moves to live with his aunt in Baltimore, away from his siblings, and adjusts to a new community. The story follows a difficult transition and Grey’s developing friendships, but the available details do not establish an overall judgement of how grief or family change is portrayed.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes the murder of Grey’s mother, bereavement and dangerous stunts involving bikes and buildings. These events may be worth discussing if violence, loss or physical risk could be difficult for your reader.