By Sonya Hartnett
This book is about two brothers, Andej and Tomas, and there
baby sister, Wilma discovering a zoo, where the animals talk at night. Andre,
Tomas flee from danger in the war without their parents. They have to live off
things left from bombed villages, as they only took a few bits from where they
were staying before their parents were taken and they escaped. They take
shelter in a zoo in a bombed out town, and start talking to the animals, both
telling their tales and their wish for freedom.
At first I really didn’t like this book- I thought it was
really unrealistic, and I thought that it was maybe a bit childish. But, as I
continued reading I found it wasn’t as such about the actual talking animals it
was about the animals stories and that their wishes were incredibly similar to
Andrej and Tomas’.
I loved how the boys feelings were described, especially the
one who was more the ‘leader’ of the two. He acted very responsibly, always
thinking of his brother and sister, and it made me sad that a boy that age had
to think like that, acting like an adult.
I loved the animal’s stories of how the zoo had got there
and their desperation for food and company. The descriptions really helped me
picture the scene, it was cleverly written. I think once the boys got to the
zoo it was a lot more interesting because you found out a lot more about the
boys and the boys family, and you found out why they were in the situation they
were in.
I think this book was really good; you just have to
persevere at the beginning!
By Emily B, Year 8
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