SuitabookBeck
Mal Peet, Meg Rosoff
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the early separation and escape, then let the reader choose whether to discuss Beck's past or his search for independence.
- Themes
- Independence after hardship: After being sent to work on a farm, Beck escapes and sets out across borders while the Great Depression is under way. The overview presents the escape and journey as part of Beck taking charge of his destiny; it does not establish how the novel judges his choices.
- Worth knowing
- Beck is orphaned as a young child, sent away, and later escapes a farm; the overview also foregrounds the agonies of his childhood. These hardships may merit a check-in.