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A review by thelibraryofethos
Beetle Boy by M.G. Leonard
4.0
This is a very good book with a bad title. And synopsis.
So, this book was aimed at a younger audience than me, but hey, who doesn't love a good middle-grade novel every now and then?
I read this one for the Concorde Book Awards 2017. I'm glad it was shortlisted, because it's not a book I would have picked up otherwise.
Basically, it looks like 10 year olds would be too old to read this one. But they really wouldn't. I wasn't too old to read this one.
I can see that this book would be an amazing start to adventure novels for kids. It's got the right amount of humour and silliness along with adventure, a little mystery and a lot of very cool ideas.
I mean come on, Base Camp? While I was reading, I wanted one of those.
And beetles? They suddenly transformed from weird insects to something incredibly interesting.
A house with secret passageways? Yes yes YES!
I would have loved this one when I was younger. I loved the education side of the story too (I learnt a lot while reading).
A friend of mine told me that she was never going to read this because it looks far too "childish and silly" to her, and the story sounds "rubbish". Man, I pity her now.
So, this book was aimed at a younger audience than me, but hey, who doesn't love a good middle-grade novel every now and then?
I read this one for the Concorde Book Awards 2017. I'm glad it was shortlisted, because it's not a book I would have picked up otherwise.
Basically, it looks like 10 year olds would be too old to read this one. But they really wouldn't. I wasn't too old to read this one.
I can see that this book would be an amazing start to adventure novels for kids. It's got the right amount of humour and silliness along with adventure, a little mystery and a lot of very cool ideas.
I mean come on, Base Camp? While I was reading, I wanted one of those.
And beetles? They suddenly transformed from weird insects to something incredibly interesting.
A house with secret passageways? Yes yes YES!
I would have loved this one when I was younger. I loved the education side of the story too (I learnt a lot while reading).
A friend of mine told me that she was never going to read this because it looks far too "childish and silly" to her, and the story sounds "rubbish". Man, I pity her now.