Tuesday 25 November 2014

Tiger Moth by Suzi Moore (Children's, 9 years +, 10E/10E, short 'n' sweet review)

 August 2014, Simon and Schuster, 
Content: secrets, danger, lots of tension, a little humour, tissues needed 

Summary from Simon and Schuster 
Ever since she was adopted by her parents, Culver Manor, with its hidden rooms and overgrown garden has been the one place Alice feels safe, the one place she can call home. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. When she finds out her Mum is going to have a baby, Alice's world turns upside down. Will they love their real baby more than her? Why isn't she enough for them anymore? Alice doesn't know what to say, so she doesn't speak at all. She stays silent that day and the day after that, until six months have passed without her saying one single word.

Zack has everything he could want. His dad's a film stuntman, he lives in the best house on the best street and is Mr Popular at school. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. Zack's dad is killed on set and he and his mum are forced to sell their house and move to a tiny cottage by the sea. Ripped from the life he once knew, Zack is angry at the world and looking for trouble. Then he meets Alice, the girl who doesn't speak, and together they begin to realise that sometimes it's when life seems less than perfect that the most magical things can happen.

Ever since she was adopted by her parents, Culver Manor, with its hidden rooms and overgrown garden has been the one place Alice feels safe, the one place she can call home. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. When she finds out her Mum is going to have a baby, Alice's world turns upside down. Will they love their real baby more than her? Why isn't she enough for them anymore? Alice doesn't know what to say, so she doesn't speak at all. She stays silent that day and the day after that, until six months have passed without her saying one single word.
Zack has everything he could want. His dad's a film stuntman, he lives in the best house on the best street and is Mr Popular at school. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. Zack's dad is killed on set and he and his mum are forced to sell their house and move to a tiny cottage by the sea. Ripped from the life he once knew, Zack is angry at the world and looking for trouble. Then he meets Alice, the girl who doesn't speak, and together they begin to realise that sometimes it's when life seems less than perfect that the most magical things can happen. - See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Tiger-Moth/Suzi-Moore/9780857075109#sthash.owN4jRXM.dpuf
Ever since she was adopted by her parents, Culver Manor, with its hidden rooms and overgrown garden has been the one place Alice feels safe, the one place she can call home. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. When she finds out her Mum is going to have a baby, Alice's world turns upside down. Will they love their real baby more than her? Why isn't she enough for them anymore? Alice doesn't know what to say, so she doesn't speak at all. She stays silent that day and the day after that, until six months have passed without her saying one single word.
Zack has everything he could want. His dad's a film stuntman, he lives in the best house on the best street and is Mr Popular at school. Everything's perfect. Until it isn't. Zack's dad is killed on set and he and his mum are forced to sell their house and move to a tiny cottage by the sea. Ripped from the life he once knew, Zack is angry at the world and looking for trouble. Then he meets Alice, the girl who doesn't speak, and together they begin to realise that sometimes it's when life seems less than perfect that the most magical things can happen. - See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Tiger-Moth/Suzi-Moore/9780857075109#sthash.owN4jRXM.dpuf
Nayu's thoughts 
This story is chock full of all the things I love, heaps of family drama involving a character who decides not to speak for a while, which thankfully for me seems to be appearing in several books that I've recently read. I find it fascinating how Alice thinks, the thoughts and feelings she has before she gives up speaking, and after. I like how her both and Zack are going through life-changing events, so in some respects might need a stable friend who isn't going through so much drama, but because of that they are experiencing the end up relating to each other and helping each other out. This is one to be reread, that's for sure! 

Suggested read
Check out another book by Suzi, Lexiland (Children's, 10 years +, 10/10E)
 

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