![]() ![]() ![]() The ending is so moving it had me in tears. This is a story of growing up, admitting mistakes and talking things through, brilliantly told. There’s even a hint at a first romance developing and other fantastic characters like a kicking kangaroo, terrifying turtles and an orangutang – you’ll have to read it yourself to discover what they get up to! ![]() I really liked how Jake helped others recognise the positive traits of others who were being being denigrated by fellow peers. It also deals with the issue of bullying and shows how Jake is helped by peers and teachers as well as his own ingenuity to deal with this. It is a story of coping with tragedy, grief and loss, showing how differently he, his father and sister do so. ![]() Through his dreams he learns to face his fears and starts to develop strategies to help himself come to terms with everything. Suppressing his grief has resulted in Jake having anger issues and very vivid dreams, ones in which he is aware he’s dreaming and is able to manipulate some of the events in them. Jake is twelve years old, having problems coping with the untimely death of his Mum which happened four years earlier and being bullied at the Middle School he attends. This is targeted at Middle Grade readers but, I have to say, I believe it will appeal to older readers, too – I found it an emotive and very moving read. ![]()
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