SuitabookThe ice castle
Pendred Noyce
- Reading
- Pause after the cousins become separated to discuss fairness, freedom and how each character is treated. After finishing, revisit whether the revolution changes the society as well as restoring spring.
- Themes
- Status, talent and freedom: In the Land of Winter, social status and freedom depend on singing ability, placing the cousins in different social positions. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Power and injustice: The cousins encounter poverty, hunger, illness and imprisonment while facing a power-hungry figure and eventually provoking a revolution. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Family separation and reunion: Ivan and Daphne accidentally involve Lila in their secret world; Lila disappears, and the cousins must find and reunite with her. The plot places family loyalty and reunion at its centre, though the emotional development of the relationships is not supplied.
- Worth knowing
- Notice how the story presents imprisonment, hunger, poverty, illness and injustice, alongside a power-hungry character’s plotting. Consider whether the hardships feel frightening, bleak or hopeful for the reader.