SuitabookCatseye
Andre Norton
- Reading
- Read together if helpful, pausing after the escape-related events to talk about which parts feel adventurous and which raise questions about fairness or human relationships with animals.
- Themes
- Displacement and social hierarchy: Troy is a refugee on Korwar, where displaced people live without citizenship, are used for hard labour and are returned to a prison-like district. The unequal treatment of displaced people invites questions about fairness.
- Kinship with animals: Troy can communicate telepathically with several animals, who form a community with him and help him. Their telepathic communication and companionship make animal kinship central to Troy’s escape.
- Worth knowing
- War has destroyed Troy’s home planet; he is a refugee, faces slave-like labour and becomes involved in espionage. An owner is killed, and Troy is driven into an escape attempt. These are part of the adventure’s hardship and danger.