SuitabookSpy Dog: The Gunpowder Plot
Andrew Cope
- Reading
- If explosive threats or suspense may be unsettling, read alongside the child and pause before the London confrontation. Afterwards, discuss whether the danger felt exciting, frightening or both, without assuming the ending.
- Themes
- Heroism and responsibility: Lara uses spy training, clues and gadgets while working with spy pups and a spy cat to confront a criminal threat. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Crime and threat: Mr Big plans a major act of destruction involving prisons and explosives placed at Big Ben’s clock tower. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The adventure involves an intended mass explosion, explosives placed at Big Ben’s clock tower, an ‘evil’ criminal plan and a race against midnight. The intensity and aftermath are not established.