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jaceyBooklog 8) Read 21/3/10
Di Toft: Wolven
Earelier this year in Waterstones I picked up a handful of children's books by authors I didn't already know, almost at random, just as an exercise in seeing what was currently on the shelves. This is about a boy called Nat Carver who is promised a puppy by his grandpa to give him an interest (Nat and his Mum are staying with grandparents because dad is on the run in Europe for financial troubles he got himself into by accident). The puppy is actually a full grown scruffy mutt called Woody who turns out to be a semi-telepathic wolven – a wolf shapechanger – who is on the run from a secret science project.
It's not earth-shattering, but it's an engaging book where Nat has to overcome problems, think his way out of trouble and – realistically – know when to accept help. The adults come up trumps. The plump farmer's wife who the reader at first dismisses, turns out to be ex-military and she ends up going commando with Grandpa.
The local village bully gets his comeuppance and the nasty goings on at the secret project are stopped, so it's a happy ever after ending.
Di Toft: Wolven
Earelier this year in Waterstones I picked up a handful of children's books by authors I didn't already know, almost at random, just as an exercise in seeing what was currently on the shelves. This is about a boy called Nat Carver who is promised a puppy by his grandpa to give him an interest (Nat and his Mum are staying with grandparents because dad is on the run in Europe for financial troubles he got himself into by accident). The puppy is actually a full grown scruffy mutt called Woody who turns out to be a semi-telepathic wolven – a wolf shapechanger – who is on the run from a secret science project.
It's not earth-shattering, but it's an engaging book where Nat has to overcome problems, think his way out of trouble and – realistically – know when to accept help. The adults come up trumps. The plump farmer's wife who the reader at first dismisses, turns out to be ex-military and she ends up going commando with Grandpa.
The local village bully gets his comeuppance and the nasty goings on at the secret project are stopped, so it's a happy ever after ending.
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Date: Apr. 19th, 2010 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Apr. 19th, 2010 02:52 am (UTC)Actually she may have gone commando on both senses of the phrase, but the author was too polite to point it out in a children's book.