SuitabookGreenwild: The World Behind the Door
Pari Thomson
- Reading
- Pause after Daisy’s arrival to map the new world and its rules. Later, compare the treatment of outsiders with the story’s environmental conflict, and leave space to discuss the ending and the outcome of Daisy’s search if needed.
- Themes
- Belonging and outsider treatment: Daisy enters Mallowmarsh, where she receives both welcome and suspicion; another character calls her an “unlawful immigrant”. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Environmental responsibility: Magical flora and Botanists are threatened by villains described as eco-cidal, while Daisy helps save Mallowmarsh. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family and self-knowledge: Daisy searches for her missing mother and encounters previously unknown relatives while learning unexpected truths about herself and her family. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Expect fantasy peril, threatening or feral plants, a parent’s sudden disappearance, a deceased parent, social hostility and villains described as eco-cidal. The intensity and detail of these moments are not fully clear.