SuitabookLegend Of Otherland
Chuck Kelly
- Reading
- Read alongside the child, pausing after the kidnapping and escape to discuss how the danger feels. Afterwards, ask whether the ending feels complete or makes you curious about what follows.
- Themes
- Freedom, authority and responsibility: Bunker wants freedom from his strict heritage, then disobeys his father to pursue Gittel after seeing her kidnapped. The book leaves its stance open to more than one reading.
- Fantasy danger and survival: Gittel is kidnapped, and Bunker and Dillon travel through Otherland while confronting the Evil Pencinell and her dreaded refnacs. The book does not clearly resolve its stance on this.
- Worth knowing
- Check whether the kidnapping, witch and frightening creatures feel manageable before reading. A brief conversation about peril and escape may help if fantasy danger is unsettling.