SuitabookUp and Down the Scratchy Mountains
Laurel Snyder
- Reading
- Read together if useful, pausing at the start to notice what has changed for Lucy and Wynston. Afterwards, revisit what remains unresolved about Lucy’s mother.
- Themes
- Friendship and changing demands: King Desmond insists that Wynston focus on ruby-shining and finding a princess, disrupting the friends’ former routine. The premise makes the strain on a friendship part of the adventure, but does not show whether the story endorses or challenges the king’s demands.
- Worth knowing
- Lucy’s mother is described as missing, and Lucy feels left out when Wynston’s activities change. The extent or emotional weight of either situation is not clear.