Re-reading the Jinny at Finmory books at the ripe old age of 41, I find myself surprised about the maturity of some of the themes addressed in the text considering it’s a series of books seems to have been largely aimed at pre and young teenagers.

There are a lot of nuances in the text that I have only picked up on with re-reading as an adult. The books address issues on how unfairly some people in society are judged and treated via Tom Manders being disillusioned with being a probation officer, which leads him to quit his job and moving the family to Finmory. Ken gets unfairly judged and gets wrongly accused of being involved in a break in, just because of the people he hung out with. His rich parents disowned him at the age of 17, washing their hands of him other than to send him a monthly allowance cheque when he opts to live with the Manders’ – who are all happy to have him.

There are two books I want to go further into that to address these themes, The Summer Riders and Ride Like the Wind. I think I’ll tackle Ride Like the Wind first as this one is quite difficult for me.