We're really getting into the books for this year's Scottish Children's Book Awards.
On Tuesday, P7 discussed their first book - The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie. Definitely the thumbs up for this one! We thought Daniel was a well-drawn character we could identify with and Lucien Silver and his daughter Ellie were also very convincing. We guessed straight away that Vindictus Sharpe was up to no good, just from his name - a real vindictive character.
The novel moved along at a fast pace and was easy to read. We liked how the story was interspersed with events from Lucien's past life which helped us understand the role of Vindictus. Setting the novel in Glasgow and Edinburgh was also great for us as we could easily picture the places visited by the characters and it somehow made everything more real for us.
Ross Mackenzie used really descriptive language and he made it seem to us that if we use our imagination then the world holds endless possibilities.
So, well done Ross and thanks for a great read. It was magic!
Thank you, Mr Marshall for joining us for our Book Group discussion - hope you found it interesting and you come back again.
Look out for our next post when we will be discussing Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island: The Lost Children.
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