The Eye Of Ulam
Terry Denton

Allen & Unwin, 2001

132p., pbk, $12.95

1865083585

This is about Nico who has to go to a surf championship buthe misses it because he has to go to a parallel universe to rescue his friendIcon from a terrible fate. He meets King Vidor who thinks that he has the realeye of Ulam so when they go through the maze, everything goes Vidors wayuntil the very end.

This is for 9,10 and 11 year olds. I rate this out of a hundred as 99 and a half. There was alot of unbelievable events such as the underworld and the giant chicken. I thinkthat children would read this in 2 hours if they put their minds to it. It waseasy to read. Most of it was comics.

I absolutelycant wait till another one of these books comes out. Terry is definitely thefunniest man in a small part of the southern hemisphere.

Therese  10years  Bilgola

Silas, Yr 4, Melbourne

The Eye of Ulam, by Terry Denton, is a fantasy book, aimed at children between the ages of twelve and fourteen.

It is about a guy called Nico who is about to compete in the World Surfing Championships when he and his friends are forced to go to a place called Duryllium, far away in a parallel universe. There, they must help their friend Icon (a strange, blind, one-eyed creature), to overhaul the king of Duryllium and become king himself, but only the person with the real Eye of Ulam will take the throne.

This book is actually part text, and part comic, with the comics really adding to the already humorous story.

The book is very funny throughout. The author has written what will appeal to the readers, using the kind of language that kids use. All the jokes are also aimed at kids.

The storyline didnt have a lot to it though, with most of the book actually irrelevant. The narrator constantly interrupts the book to tell random stories about invisible penguins sinking on invisible icebergs after being hit by the Titanic, or how all the colour copies of the book had been shipped off to Planet Omega 13. But once again, this just makes the book funnier, and adds to the fun of reading it.

I recommend this book to people between the ages of twelve and fourteen, who have a slightly warped sense of humour, and want to have a bit of fun with their reading.

Cameron, aged 13, Canberra, ACT