SuitabookThe Snow-Walker Trilogy
Catherine Fisher
- Reading
- Read alongside the child rather than pausing for every legend reference. After each book, revisit who is trusted, whose claim to leadership is accepted, and how Jessa’s choices affect the group.
- Themes
- Trust and appearance: Kari is cursed to be mistrusted because people see his mother Gudrun in his face, making appearance part of the conflict. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Loyalty and friendship: Jessa, Kari, Wulfgar, Skapti, Brochael and Hakon work together against threats, while the trilogy is described as having forceful things to say about loyalty and friendship. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- A young woman at the centre: Jessa is described as the main viewpoint character and as an impressive young woman who is the strongest and focal character. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready for dark fantasy material: characters are banished, cursed and mistrusted; a magical monster kills; a soul is stolen; and protagonists face the possibility of death while confronting a witch.