Are You Listening?
Lydia Sturton
Lothian Books:
Takeaways
159p pbk
0-7344-0198-1
Join eleven-year-old Nicky Walters as she tells the story of her problem. Nicky has a problem in her life, she isnt afraid to tell the truth. Now normally telling the truth isnt a bad thing, but it lands Nicky in deep trouble. This is because she tells the truth to EVERYONE, even the school principal. The result is that Nicky gets expelled from school, but not before she insults her dad, the bus driver, her pre-school teacher, AND her worst enemy Marina.
This story would be for late primary school readers because of Nickys age. The author has chosen a suitable and appropriate topic for a book for this category of readers. The storyline is easy to follow but in a few places mentions a few things that we (as the readers) think are totally irrelevant to the story. The story is easily readable and is in modern language that the children of today can understand. To add to this the typing is easy to read and spaced out. This is a read-alone book as it is in the readers mind that he/she must picture the scenes and stop to think about the book from time to time, an impossible task when a story is been read to a group. I think this book is a good, enjoyable and truthful read.
