Theme

  The theme of "The Enemy" by Charlie Higson is that you shouldn't trust people you don't know.  I think this is the theme because the kids at Waitrose were all by themselves living badly until a kid they have never met before asks them to leave everything behind to come to Buckingham Palace on what the kid says and from pictures.  They were promised a new safe life but when they get there the leader David seemed nice but he only wanted the Waitrose kids to fight for him so he can rule London.  They also don't get a lot of fun time and the food is terrible.  An example to support this is when David locks Blue and Maxie in the nursery and not letting them leave.  David locks them a
in the room and says, "When you see sense, you can join the others.  In the meantime, I'm taking charge of all your kids.  Good night."

  At first David seemed like a nice guy and promised a new safe life but was just a kid wanting power, and put Maxie and BLue (the leaders) in house arrest.  Another example is when Small Sam was taken in by Nick and Rachael in the subway tunnels.  Nick rescued him and they fed him but when Sam fell asleep he was handcuffed and locked in another car with other kids.  He assumed they wanted to eat him and fatten him up.