SuitabookWoodford Brave
Marcia Thornton Jones
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the spy-tracking and friendship episodes, if these feel intense. Let Cory’s choices lead the discussion rather than assuming the story gives a simple verdict.
- Themes
- Courage and family legacy: Cory wants to live up to his family’s reputation for bravery while his father is away at war. The premise places Cory’s understanding of bravery under pressure, but does not establish whether the story ultimately endorses a particular definition.
- Friendship and moral choices: Cory and his friends face choices in a summer that includes trying to find Nazi spies; Cory makes mistakes and hurtful decisions. The story foregrounds complicated choices and the effects of Cory’s behaviour, but its judgement of those choices is not established.
- Worth knowing
- The wartime setting includes Nazi spies, and Cory’s father is away fighting. Cory also makes hurtful decisions; the detail and intensity of these experiences are unclear.