This is imaginative, chatty, at the right level of language, very good too, enough multi syllable words as well. Bob, our hero, has his best pal, Malcolm, who he meets up with several times in different time zones as he travels to and fro. We also have “ Gloria Dismal”. Dad makes awful Dad pun jokes, dogs fart, all sorts of happenings that made me burst out laughing. The story flows at a good pace, not too fast to make it difficult to follow, or too slow that you lose interest. Double spacing and large clear print help as well. The lively detail packed monochrome illustrations scattered throughout the book are very good too, like Malcolm’s expression when he accidentally has a big hairy spider running around in his mouth.
When Bob is in a future period , he sees that the world is in mortal danger from people who have been turned into horrible smelly dirty zombies by a selfie helmet and just take selfies and degenerate into cannibalism . Can Bob do something to change the future and save the entire planet?
I must say that I particularly liked the school talent show contestant, a girl who juggles her hamsters with occasional thumps when one hits the ground! Maybe hamster juggling will eventually be in the Olympics?
There are one or two scary episodes, but you know that it will all turn out fine, as Bob survives it all ( or else the book would suddenly stop half way through and the rest be blank pages)
This book is squarely aimed at the 11/12 year old age group - but being many times 11 myself, I enjoyed it a great deal. Thoroughly recommended!
When Bob is in a future period , he sees that the world is in mortal danger from people who have been turned into horrible smelly dirty zombies by a selfie helmet and just take selfies and degenerate into cannibalism . Can Bob do something to change the future and save the entire planet?
I must say that I particularly liked the school talent show contestant, a girl who juggles her hamsters with occasional thumps when one hits the ground! Maybe hamster juggling will eventually be in the Olympics?
There are one or two scary episodes, but you know that it will all turn out fine, as Bob survives it all ( or else the book would suddenly stop half way through and the rest be blank pages)
This book is squarely aimed at the 11/12 year old age group - but being many times 11 myself, I enjoyed it a great deal. Thoroughly recommended!