SuitabookThe Great Depression
Riordan, James
- Reading
- Read together or check in after sections about Molly’s travels. You could distinguish what the story shows about her from what you would want to learn about the wider historical period.
- Themes
- Hardship during the Great Depression: Molly seeks work and food in a setting where poverty is widespread and many people are unemployed. The outline establishes hardship as central to Molly’s circumstances, but not how the novel ultimately interprets it.
- Worth knowing
- Poverty, hunger and danger during Molly’s search are part of the story. These hardships may merit a check-in with a reader who finds depictions of deprivation or precarious travel upsetting.