Hannah West in Deep Water (Hannah West)
Linda Johns
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the opening if you want to gauge how the mystery and family circumstances are presented before deciding whether to continue independently.
- Themes
- Homelessness and family circumstances: Hannah and her mother move between house-sitting jobs because they are homeless. The circumstances are part of Hannah’s situation, but how the story presents or evaluates them is not clear.
- Pollution mystery: Hannah investigates who is dumping chemicals in the water and why. Pollution provides the mystery’s central problem; the story’s conclusions about it are not established.
- Worth knowing
- Homelessness is part of Hannah and her mother’s circumstances, and the mystery involves chemicals being dumped in water. The degree of danger or detail is not established.