SuitabookKalifornia Blu
Kendell Shaffer
- Reading
- Try reading together through the early changes in Kalifornia’s home and school routine, then pause before the rescue plot to talk about how she and Jade decide to help. Let the reader set the pace for discussing danger.
- Themes
- Starting over at home and school: After the court hearing, Kalifornia is sent to live with her father and transferred to a police-academy high school, where curfews and drills contrast with her previous touring lifestyle. The move and school transfer set up Kalifornia’s adjustment to unfamiliar rules and relationships.
- Worth knowing
- The plot includes an arrest, a physical encounter with a police officer, threats from a ganglord cousin, dangerous people and a rescue from a difficult living situation. These events may be worth discussing together.