Bony By Bone Analysis

The novel Bony by Bone written by Tony Johnston is about a young innocent boy named David Church who grows up with a racist father. Throughout the novel he learns about the troubles between skin colour, yet he makes friends with a African American named Malcolm. A theme in this story is that we choose who we are, not anyone else. The main example of this is between David and his father. Tony Johnston uses both language that lets us imagine it for ourselves, and setting that helps us understand the decisions of the characters. With this the author achieves her goal of showing the innocence of David contrasting with his father.
This theme is interesting because it is a timeless theme. In the novel this theme is shown by David going against his