SuitabookVivi Conway and the Lost Hero
Lizzie Huxley-Jones
- Reading
- As this is the third book in a series, consider beginning with the earlier stories if your child wants the relationships and mythology explained fully. During reading, pause after stressful developments to invite reactions without revealing the ending.
- Themes
- Friendship and collective responsibility: The friends organise a rescue and must use their combined powers while Dara struggles with Vivi’s disappearance. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Queerness and disability: A reader describes the series as including queer and disabled characters and calls it inclusive. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Mythology and heroism: The friends face Arawn, and readers describe the series as involving mythology and myth retellings. Mythic material appears to provide the setting and conflict for an adventure, with the title and plot also invoking heroism; its relationship to historical traditions is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes disappearance, being forgotten, a rescue mission, a villain confrontation and discussions of abuse and bullying. These elements may merit a brief check-in with a child who finds separation, threat or social harm upsetting.