SuitabookThe sky at our feet
Nadia Hashimi
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the hospital and escape-planning scenes; invite your reader to say what feels most pressing without assuming how the story ends.
- Themes
- Belonging and family security: Jason fears that his mother's situation may lead to their separation and finds it difficult to feel American. These concerns are central to Jason’s situation, but the story’s wider perspective on immigration or belonging is not clear.
- Friendship and making choices: Max becomes an ally and joins Jason in planning to leave the hospital, despite their awareness that they cannot keep running indefinitely. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Family separation is a central fear, and the story includes an accident, a hospital stay and a plan to escape. The intensity and outcomes of these events are unclear.