The King of Jam Sandwiches
Eric Walters
Publication Date:
1 May 2021
Format:
Paperback / softback
ISBN 9781459825567
Information
Book Type: Junior HighAge Group: 13 to 15 years
Traffic Lights: Green/Amber
Class Novel: Yes
Good Reads Rating: 5/5
Literary Rating: 5/5
Review
Themes
homelessness, poverty, depression, mental illness, self esteem, self reliance, foster families, grief, loss, shame, friendship, courage, resilience, survival, determination, hope
Content Notes
1. screw you/screw him/screwed up x 9. 2. Harmony's mum is an addict. At times in the past she sold Harmony's toys to buy booze or drugs.3. Harmony insists they go down a back alley and is nearly mugged. Both of them fight back, and manage to knock two of the three attackers out. The third one runs away (p145-7). 4. Harmony tells Robbie that years before, two of her mum's boyfriends hit her. One was sent to jail because of it (p149-150). 5. There is underage drinking at a party (chapter 18). Robert doesn't drink--given he spends all his time trying to keep his life under control, he's not about to undermine that with alcohol. But Harmony is with some older kids (who think she is as old as them--they are in year 11, she is in year 8) and distressed about her mother leaving rehab, she drinks with them, so much so that she vomits on the way home. She later admits to Robert that she had been acting like an idiot. She worries that she is making the same choices her mum did when she was her age.
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