SuitabookOut from Boneville
Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith
- Reading
- Read alongside the child, pausing when the cousins separate, when unfamiliar creatures appear and when they reunite. Check in about which moments feel exciting or unsettling.
- Themes
- Family separation and reunion: Three cousins are run out of Boneville, become separated in a desert and later reunite at a farmstead. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Wonder and danger in unfamiliar places: The cousins enter a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures while dark forces conspire against them. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story combines displacement and separation with a setting containing both wonderful and terrifying creatures. Consider whether your reader enjoys suspense when danger is present but its extent is unclear.