This book by Nikki J Gemmell is a fantastic read. The cover is gorgeous and intrigues you the second you set your eyes on it. It is set in the Australian desert and England. There are five main characters to this story, all with funny and peculiar names like Dinda and Scruff. The book is heartwarming, hilarious, puzzling, engaging, sad, and exciting all rolled into one. I could not put it down.
Gemmell also has a fantastic way with words. She can describe everything as if it is right there in front of you and you can feel the character's emotions and put yourself into their shoes. For example, there is a part in the book (I won't spoil it too much) where the character in her perspective is describing the house in which their Uncle Basti lives and how all of the other house seem to light up. I felt it truly.
Although as there are A LOT of names to remember, you seem to remember quickly who the person is as you recognise how they behave and their personality.
The start of the story makes you giggle. It zooms in on the kids in Australia, living in a shanty of a house. One of the boys is cooking an egg on the bonnet of a car, the other children chanting him on. They also own a pet 'dog', that is actually a dingo. Does this paint a picture in your mind already? I bet it does, as it did certainly for me!
I would really recommend this book to ANYONE. It is aimed at tweens, but I know a teenager who is reading it and an adult suggested I should buy it!
Rating: 5/5 stars!
Zobo!
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