SuitabookThe Midnight Charter
David Whitley
- Reading
- You could read together in short stretches and pause if the characters’ treatment feels troubling. Ask what each character wants and what choices seem open to them at that point.
- Themes
- Freedom and ownership: In Agora, children are possessions until their twelfth birthday; Mark has been sold and Lily has bartered for her life, and both seek a way out of servitude. The premise foregrounds freedom and ownership, but does not establish how the story judges the city’s system.
- Worth knowing
- Children’s sale, poverty and servitude are part of the characters’ situation; danger from traps and treachery is also signalled. The intensity and detail of these experiences are unclear.