SuitabookKicker
Michele Martin Bossley
- Reading
- Read in short sittings, pausing when the clues or threats become significant. Ask the reader to predict connections between the present-day problem, the train robbery and the treasure rumour.
- Themes
- Friendship and teamwork: Izzy resents Julia’s apparent cherry-picking and the credit she receives, but the friends must cooperate to investigate the threats. The book does not clearly resolve its stance on this.
- Sport and pressure: The investigation unfolds while Izzy and Julia try to keep their team in the playoff race. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Threat and investigation: Someone threatens the team and sabotages its home pitch, prompting the friends to seek answers and investigate possible motives. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Expect threatening behaviour, a sabotaged home pitch and references to people being in danger. One excerpt includes an armed threat and threatened harm; the full intensity and consequences are unclear.