The lost medallion
Bill Muir
- Reading
- Try reading a chapter or two together first, then check whether the cliffhangers and repeated dangers feel exciting or stressful. Pause to talk through what Billy and Allie might try next.
- Themes
- Friendship under pressure: Billy and Allie travel together, encounter danger and quarrel before continuing their search. Their friendship accompanies them through the adventure, including a quarrel before they continue their journey.
- A sequence of escalating challenges: The chapter sequence moves through searches, captures, escapes and attempts to face the enemy. The chapter sequence moves through searches, captures, escapes and confrontations.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes dangerous escapes, imprisonment, a slave camp and threats from an enemy. Chapter titles refer to a death sentence and a pit of death.