SuitabookCity of Orphans
Avi
- Reading
- Try reading alongside the child, pausing after major discoveries to map who is helping or opposing Maks. Afterwards, discuss whether the investigation changes how the characters understand justice and family responsibility.
- Themes
- Justice and detection: Maks investigates the watch theft and has four days to try to prove Emma innocent, with guidance from Bartleby Donck. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family and loyalty: The book addresses family and loyalty; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. Family loyalty is a clear motivating situation, though the wider relationships and emotional development remain unknown.
- Immigration, wealth and power: The story contrasts tenement New York and the glamorous Waldorf Hotel, while powerful forces threaten new immigrants. The setting places social difference and vulnerability in view, but it is unclear how the story explains or evaluates these inequalities.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready to discuss gang pursuit, fighting, imprisonment and a child living alone.