Destination Unknown
Katherine Applegate
- Reading
- Try the opening together, then pause to check how your reader is taking the catastrophe and the survivors’ arrival. Continue at their pace, returning to the story’s unanswered questions as they arise.
- Themes
- Survival and a new home: A group of survivors reaches an unfamiliar world after a long space journey and wonders whether they can live there. The premise centres on the practical and emotional uncertainty of seeking a place to begin again.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes humanity’s destruction by an asteroid, deaths during the journey and survivors who seem changed. These elements may merit a conversation if loss or unsettling change is difficult for your reader.