![]() ![]() ![]() We are in an interesting age of resurgence of mass produced LGBTQIAP+ media. Peter and Roger letting August into their world and slowly forming a bond of trust with him. August and Jack playing house and clawing each other to the bone searching for warmth. This book is filled with isolated children trying to make a house into a home: Rina letting August and Jack into her apartment and integrating them into her routine. She’s perilously lonely and friendless and pushes people away. Rina’s parents straight up moved away to England and left her living in squalor as a barely-adult teenager. Roger and Peter’s parents absence was more periodic but they formed a bond between each other that didn’t allow for outsiders very similar to Jack and August’s but less destructive. Jack’s parents were physically absent and emotionally absent, but provided for him financially. August had a mother who was physically there but emotionally unavailable in a way that wasn’t really her fault. The Wicker King was unique in that it showed many kids without present adults and how that impacted them, rather than orphaning the main characters for convenience. ![]()
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