SuitabookFast and Curious
Mike Royston
- Reading
- Try reading one story at a time and pause afterwards to check how its tone feels. The collection’s different subjects may make it practical to choose or skip stories according to interest.
- Themes
- Being underestimated: Titch believes he is a good goalkeeper but is repeatedly told he is too short; he wants a chance to prove himself. The outline sets up a conflict between Titch’s confidence and others’ assessment, but does not show how the story resolves it.
- First impressions: Lee and his friends think a new boy at school is very weird, and later discover he is even weirder than they had realised. The outline presents an unusual classmate and others’ reactions, but does not establish whether their behaviour is criticised or affirmed.
- The worms’ revenge: Jeremy loves torturing worms, until they decide to take their revenge. The premise links cruelty and retaliation, but does not reveal how either is depicted or what the story makes of it.
- Worth knowing
- Some stories involve horror or supernatural subjects; one includes a boy torturing worms, and another involves a boy in a coma. The degree of detail and intensity is unclear.