One of my favourite books of last year was S.T.A.G.S by M.A. Bennett and I was so excited to hear about the new book The Island and it was just as good as S.T.A.G.S and I really enjoyed it. It was dark but, also had some humour and it made me to never want to get trapped on an island.
Our main character is Link. He is funny and lovely and I really liked reading about him throughout the book. He has arrived at Orsney School and is finding it hard to fit in. They have strange rules, and he is confused about why they rank the students by how fast they run and his time at the school seems to get worse when he was the slowest. He just wants to leave and his parents make a deal with him. Go on the school trip and you can leave. Seems simple enough, right?
But, the plane crashes lands on an island and Link realises he needs to start putting his survival instincts to the test as, they all need to work together to survive but, how long will it last for? How long until some don't want to play by the rules with people they don't particularly like? You can see the shift in the characters as the days pass and it was really interesting to read as you can tell something sinister is also happening.
I really enjoyed this book and the mystery of the Island kept me gripped from the beginning and I couldn't put it down until the end!
Our main character is Link. He is funny and lovely and I really liked reading about him throughout the book. He has arrived at Orsney School and is finding it hard to fit in. They have strange rules, and he is confused about why they rank the students by how fast they run and his time at the school seems to get worse when he was the slowest. He just wants to leave and his parents make a deal with him. Go on the school trip and you can leave. Seems simple enough, right?
But, the plane crashes lands on an island and Link realises he needs to start putting his survival instincts to the test as, they all need to work together to survive but, how long will it last for? How long until some don't want to play by the rules with people they don't particularly like? You can see the shift in the characters as the days pass and it was really interesting to read as you can tell something sinister is also happening.
I really enjoyed this book and the mystery of the Island kept me gripped from the beginning and I couldn't put it down until the end!