SuitabookBull Rider
Marilyn Halvorson
- Reading
- Read together if the rodeo danger or the father’s death may prompt questions. Pause to distinguish Layne’s wish to honour his father from any expectation that he must follow the same path.
- Themes
- Ambition, fear and family legacy: Layne hopes to win the championship his father nearly reached, but fears dying in the arena as his father did. His friend Jana and younger sister help him face that fear and trust himself. The story presents self-trust as part of Layne’s response to competing ambition and fear, with support from people close to him.
- Worth knowing
- A father’s death by trampling is part of Layne’s backstory, and fear of dying in the rodeo arena is central. Consider whether these rodeo dangers might feel upsetting to your reader.