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October 2014, Oxford University Press, 256 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Content: major peril, tissues needed
Summary from Oxford University Press (I've got an older edition to the one I've used the summary of)
Kale and Strife are two young water voles with a nose for trouble and an
eye for adventure. But when their uncle Sylvan comes to stay, bringing
news of a terrible danger, the voles are sucked into a quest that will
test their courage to the limit.
Nayu's thoughts
Having
read book 1 in this water vole series I couldn't not read book 2. I
have to say that it's a series which is a bit darker than I expected
– I knew there would be some danger, but when the characters where
in moderate to major peril I was really scared for them and had no
clue whether they would survive or not. There were plenty of tense
moments leading up to an eventful reunion which made me smile and
shed a tear.
I think stories like these are a brilliant way to
explain nature to readers, to get them interest in animal
conservation, and think about scientific areas like habitats, food
chains, etc. It's certainly more fun than a science book, and
hopefully will lead some readers to go and research water voles and
related topics for themselves. The sense of kinship the siblings have
even when they do have to be apart a little rang out loud and clear.
I didn't give it full marks just because it was a bit darker than I'd
have liked.
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