SuitabookThe ropemaker
Peter Dickinson
- Reading
- Read together if your child enjoys fantasy journeys, pausing at turning points to talk about what the companions know and what they still need to find out. Check in if the threatened home or hostile Empire feels unsettling.
- Themes
- An ordinary girl at the centre of a magical quest: Tilja has no magical powers, yet is presented as the person able to protect her group and its quest from the Empire’s sorcerers. The premise gives a character described as ordinary a pivotal role in facing a magical threat.
- Worth knowing
- The adventure includes a failing protection, danger to the Valley and a journey into an Empire characterised as fearsome or evil. These elements bring threat and peril into the story.