A review by ozshark
Beneath the Surface by Steven Woolman, Gary Crew

4.0

3.5 stars. I didn't realise that a sequel had been published to [b:The Watertower|321171|The Watertower|Gary Crew|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347952655s/321171.jpg|311904] until today, when I stumbled across it in our library. I had a lesson planned for the first book, so I read this to see if we would use it for a follow-up lesson. Now, having read it, I remain unsure. The elements that made [b:The Watertower|321171|The Watertower|Gary Crew|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347952655s/321171.jpg|311904] so good remain - creepy visuals, engaging layout, hidden details etc. However, I think I prefer that the end to the first book was so open-ended, whereas this makes it much more obvious what is going on. Students will still enjoy hunting for clues and noticing details and it will be interesting to see them wonder about the disconnect between the text and the images.

A good book in & of itself, I'm just not sure a sequel was needed.