SuitabookA Croc Called Capone
Barry Jonsberg
- Reading
- Try reading together at first, then check whether the slapstick humour and adventure peril feel enjoyable. Pause wherever your reader wants to talk about the story’s tension or jokes.
- Themes
- Adventure, animal danger and comedy: Blacky’s mission involves a saltwater crocodile described as a threat to humans, within a comic adventure. The danger is part of the adventure premise, but the outline does not establish how the story treats it beyond its comic framing.
- Sibling friction: Marcus is set against his older sister Rose, who is described as mean, and her friend Cy Ob Han. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The crocodile is described as wanting to eat a human, and a big-game hunter is on a collision course with the heroes. The degree of on-page danger or harm is not clear.