SuitabookThe savage kingdom
Simon David Eden
- Reading
- Try the opening together and check whether the shift from Drue’s search to a world-scale conflict holds interest. If it does, continue independently or take turns reading.
- Themes
- A personal quest becomes a wider conflict: Drue’s effort to find Will-C leads into a war between animals and humans, where domesticated creatures must choose whom to fight for. The premise links an individual search to a much larger conflict; the competing sides are established, but the story’s judgement of their choices is not.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes a declared war between animals and humans, a dangerous setting and a missing pet. Consider whether conflict involving animals or uncertainty about a pet’s fate may feel upsetting.