SuitabookPitch Invasion
Tom Palmer
- Reading
- Pause around facing fear and ask how the book presents it.
- Themes
- Facing fear: Seth experiences haunting visions and is challenged to look death in the face; meeting two brothers from Aleppo offers him a new sense of courage. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Past and present: An Iron Age hill fort and its disturbing imagery are brought into a modern football-centred adventure set in Cornwall. The book’s treatment of this remains unclear.
- Encounters and courage: Seth meets two football-loving brothers from Aleppo, whose stories give him a new sense of courage. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The most important point to consider is the imagery: visions include heads on spikes, bloodied and rotten, with eyes pecked out. Seth is also waiting for news about his mum’s health.