SuitabookLand of Milk and Honey
William Taylor
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside the young person, checking in after the scenes of mistreatment and making room to pause or talk about the family separation.
- Themes
- Bullying and mistreatment: Jake is made to work on the Pearson family’s dairy farm and is bullied by their son, Darcy. The synopsis frames Jake’s treatment as brutal and his life as miserable, while describing Darcy as a monster; this signals disapproval of the mistreatment.
- Worth knowing
- Jake’s mother has died in an air raid, and the synopsis describes him as brutalised and bullied; the overall situation is presented as deeply unhappy.