SuitabookThe reluctant time traveller
Janis Mackay
- Reading
- Before reading, explain that the story moves between the characters’ time and 1914. Afterwards, discuss how the mystery, wartime setting and time-travel choices work together.
- Themes
- Changing history: Saul and Agnes consider travelling to 1914 and whether their actions could alter the past, present and future. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- War and historical experience: The time travellers meet a brother and sister who are servants at a big house shortly before war begins. The historical setting appears to be used to bring early-twentieth-century Scotland and World War One into the adventure, though the depth and viewpoint are unclear.
- Loyalty and friendship: After Agnes disappears, Saul follows her, and they work with a brother and sister to investigate the mystery. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The approaching war, a threatening visitor, the possible destruction of a den and Agnes’s disappearance may merit attention, especially for readers sensitive to danger or separation.