The King's School Library Blog: Charlie Higson 'Hurricane Gold'

Welcome to the King's School Library Message Board.

This is the blog spot for the King's School Library "Dads and Lads, Mums and Sons" Book project.
We’d like you and your son to read 10 books in the 2008-09 school year, and tell us about it!

SIMPLY...
1. Choose a book to read together. You could start with your son’s choice. Then follow with your choice. Then back again. The school library can support you by doing our best to find a second copy so that you don’t have to wait for one person to finish before the other one starts.
2. When a book is finished, like it or hate it, simply write a short review each from your own perspectives and send or e-mail it into the library. We'll publish it here.
At the end of the year we’ll award the prize to the best set of reviews.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER TO READ TOGETHER.

It doesn’t matter what you read, fiction or non-fiction. We would like to hear from you.

If you are interested in taking part please contact the Librarians, and we’ll put you in the picture.
Book suggestions for the mystified also available on request.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Charlie Higson 'Hurricane Gold'

Hurricane Gold was an excellent book. It is fourth in the series of young Bond books. The book is about James Bond as a boy who goes to Mexico whilst he recovers from his last adventure. His Aunt leaves him with some American friends that live in Mexico so that she can go on an expedition into the rainforest. Suddenly a storm comes and rips the house to pieces. Whilst the storm is happening a gang of criminals get into the house and threaten them with their lives. What will James do? What can he do at gun point? I give this book 8/10 because I really enjoyed reading it and also found it hard to put down.

MB 8D

I leapt into this fourth instalment with great relish and was not disappointed. Having read the three previous instalments it is obvious that Charlie Higson is getting more comfortable with this character and this style as the action certainly is described well and the cliff hangers that come along through the book are well structured and well thought out. There is of course a little bit of the fantastical about this story and some of the challenges that James and his friends and companions come up against are a little bit unbelievable however that does not detract and in one way makes it more enjoyable as it reminds you that this is just fantasy. I give this a 10/10.