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A review by helenpickett
Call of the Penguins by Hazel Prior
5.0
A delightful sequel to Away With The Penguins, Call Of The Penguins sees a return of Veronica McCreedy living at the Ballahays in Ayr living with her faithful assistant (not carer) Eileen.
She also has the full of life Daisy who is the daughter of her grandson Patrick's close friend and recovering from the ordeal of cancer treatment.
The relationship between 87 year old Veronica and 9 year old Daisy is unusual but Veronica helped Daisy cope with her exhausting treatment by distracting Daisy to think about the penguins on Locket Island and especially Pip the Penguin who Veronica helped rescue when she visited Locket Island.
Patrick, although without formal qualifications has settled well with the small research on Locket Island, especially his girlfriend Terry.
Patrick who is quick to temper and paranoid due yo his unsettled upbringing, breaks up with Terry and leaves the team on the next boat out.
Veronica although disappointed by her grandson's departure from the island is determined not to let him sit around and so sends him off to Vancouver to find out about Enzo, Patrick's father and Veronica's son who was born in a nunnery and then taken from Veronica as she was an unmarried mother. They already know that Enzo or Joshua as his adoptive parents knew him has died in a climbing accident, Patrick finds out more and is initially horrified until he manages to track down his fathers best friend and discovers the truth.
Veronica meanwhile has been invited by Sir Robert Saddlebow as a penguin ambassador to travel to different locations to film a documentary about sea birds with Veronica focussing on the penguins,
Daisy forever industrious, writes to a programme that grants wishes to seriously ill children. Her wish ito meet the penguins is granted and meets up with Veronica and Sir Robert in Argentina.
Patrick joins them in Argentina as does Terry with her own secrets. Their time is occasionally terse and complex as all types of relationships can be, but their joint love of penguins and wildlife reunites them somewhat.
Ass well as the complex relationships and revelations, the description of nature and the many types of penguins they encounter is wonderful whilst putting across the damage of plastic pollution and litter, a cause which is very close to my heart.
She also has the full of life Daisy who is the daughter of her grandson Patrick's close friend and recovering from the ordeal of cancer treatment.
The relationship between 87 year old Veronica and 9 year old Daisy is unusual but Veronica helped Daisy cope with her exhausting treatment by distracting Daisy to think about the penguins on Locket Island and especially Pip the Penguin who Veronica helped rescue when she visited Locket Island.
Patrick, although without formal qualifications has settled well with the small research on Locket Island, especially his girlfriend Terry.
Patrick who is quick to temper and paranoid due yo his unsettled upbringing, breaks up with Terry and leaves the team on the next boat out.
Veronica although disappointed by her grandson's departure from the island is determined not to let him sit around and so sends him off to Vancouver to find out about Enzo, Patrick's father and Veronica's son who was born in a nunnery and then taken from Veronica as she was an unmarried mother. They already know that Enzo or Joshua as his adoptive parents knew him has died in a climbing accident, Patrick finds out more and is initially horrified until he manages to track down his fathers best friend and discovers the truth.
Veronica meanwhile has been invited by Sir Robert Saddlebow as a penguin ambassador to travel to different locations to film a documentary about sea birds with Veronica focussing on the penguins,
Daisy forever industrious, writes to a programme that grants wishes to seriously ill children. Her wish ito meet the penguins is granted and meets up with Veronica and Sir Robert in Argentina.
Patrick joins them in Argentina as does Terry with her own secrets. Their time is occasionally terse and complex as all types of relationships can be, but their joint love of penguins and wildlife reunites them somewhat.
Ass well as the complex relationships and revelations, the description of nature and the many types of penguins they encounter is wonderful whilst putting across the damage of plastic pollution and litter, a cause which is very close to my heart.