SuitabookLost and found
Obert Skye
- Reading
- Because this continues an earlier story and begins immediately afterwards, briefly discuss what Tobias and Charlotte may already have experienced. Pause after frightening discoveries and invite predictions about trust and escape.
- Themes
- Resistance and freedom: Students are held at Witherwood; Tobias works with other clear-minded students and plans an escape while Charlotte remains under control. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Sibling loyalty: Tobias and Charlotte are separated, and Tobias tries to rescue Charlotte while also pursuing a way out of the school. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Fear, danger and humour: The children face threatening creatures, perilous escape attempts and disturbing discoveries, while the narrative is also described as sarcastic and darkly humorous. Humour appears to accompany rather than remove the danger, potentially giving frightening events a comic frame; the balance may vary across scenes.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether the reader is comfortable with mind control, institutional confinement, a friend going missing, threatening creatures, dangerous escape attempts and a disturbing secret. The ending remains unclear here.