My son Rowan, age 12, didn't need much encouragement to get stuck into the book and he has now almost finished it.
"It's very very good"
"I really like it"
He went on:
It's about these three children Wolfie Zi'ib, and Tula who have never met and were born on different continenets. But somehow, very strangely they all come together where Wolfie lives area, in Thornham in London.
Wolfie lives in a shop which isn't making money, a man comes in called Mr Forester, who wants to lodge there and demands to pay highly. He likes stones and astronony.
Tula is born in California and lived with his dad but when you first start reading the part with her in it, her father has been gone for three days. She goes to her neighbours for help and they give her food and the police come round. The next day her uncle turns up and takes her to London.
Zi'ib lives in Sudan with his mum and they keep moving around. Zi'ib is putting out a bucket when he sees a truck coming. He sees the light, then he hears shouting and then gunfire. His mum gets him inside and he hides under a bed. His mum gets shot and he comes out from under the bed but gets shot in the leg. A British news reporter called Rex Slinfold and his jeep has got two flat tyres. He walks over to the man by the car and tells him who he is. He finds out about what happened to Zi'ib and he thought that it would be a good story. He sends his cameraman in. He finds some stuff that he wraps up to give to Zi'ib. They take Zi'ib somewhere else and a while later back at the hotel his boss rings him up and says that there is a doctor in London who is an expert in gunshot wounds. So he is sent to St James Hospital in London to have his wound operated on.
The vicar comes round to Wolfie and tells him he is fundraising and he gives him leaflets to deliver with his paper round. He says he needs speakers, Mr Forester says he is doing a talk about Cosmic Museli.
The vicar meet's Zi'ib in the hospital and he gets some old clothes to put on. The package from the cameraman arrives. All three of the children meet up in the church. The vicar introduces Zi'ib to Tala and Wolfie and Mr Forester's talk begins...
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road