SuitabookShattered
Kathi Baron
- Reading
- Consider checking in with your reader around the family violence and shelter material. You could invite them to pause or talk, while letting them decide how much they want to share.
- Themes
- Family violence and its effects: Cassie’s father has explosive moods and destroys her violin. She later learns he was physically beaten as a child by his own father. This connection invites consideration of how past harm and responsibility for present actions relate.
- Music and lyrical prose: Cassie is a violin prodigy, and music is part of her search for inner strength. Music is meaningful in Cassie’s life, and the prose is lyrical.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes a father destroying Cassie’s violin, a history of childhood physical abuse, volatile moods, running away and refuge in a homeless shelter. These experiences may prompt questions about family safety and hardship.