SuitabookBetrayed!
Patricia Calvert
- Reading
- Before reading, discuss what makes an adventure worth leaving home for. Afterwards, ask how the boys respond to the mistake and whether working together changes their understanding of loyalty.
- Themes
- Friendship under pressure: Tyler and Isaac travel together, but danger and a mistake test their friendship and require them to work together. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Freedom and historical context: Isaac is described as a newly freed slave travelling with Tyler into the frontier West. The historical situation is present, but the limited information cannot show whether the book critically examines prejudice, mainly uses the setting for adventure or does both.
- Leaving security for adventure: Tyler leaves a comfortable home in Sweet Creek, Missouri, to follow his father’s footsteps into the unsettled West. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Expect an unforgiving frontier setting, a serious mistake that leads to trouble, danger and the possibility of the boys becoming victims. The extent and detail of harm are not clear.