SuitabookGustav Gloom and the Cryptic Carousel
Adam-Troy Castro
- Reading
- If reading together, pause after a new location or foe appears and invite your child to predict what the carousel might do next. This can also help you gauge the story’s tension as it unfolds.
- Themes
- Searching for family: Fernie and Gustav leave the Gloom Mansion to search for their missing families and try to save them. The family search gives the adventure a personal goal, but the emotional handling of the separation is unknown.
- Magic and the unknown: A carousel created by Gustav’s grandfather carries the pair through unusual places as they try to locate the Shadow Country. The carousel drives the fantastical travel; whether its magic is dependable or dangerous is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes missing family members, a threat from an evil antagonist and new foes. The intensity of these dangers and how they are resolved are not clear.