BOOK REVIEW by Tess
TALE OF A TAIL
A fiction story for young adults
By Margaret Mahy
This story is about A boy call Tom who moved into
Prodigy Street and the next day a man called Mr Mirabilis and Najki the dog
moved in next door. Tom had amazing
adventures with Najki . Tom found out
that Najki had a magic tail that granted everyones wishes. About a month after Najki and Mr Mirabilis
moved away to live with his sister and Tom was very upset to see Najki leaving. Tom would visit him because they had good
times.
Every piece of the book makes you want to keep reading, its
adventurous, funny, interesting and not boring.
It has a clear beginning, middle and end. It has some drawings on some
pages to go with the story.
The only thing I thought was wrong with this book is it was
not long enough and I wanted to keep reading about the adventures and the
friendship between the boy Tom and the dog Najki.
You can tell Margaret Mahy is a New Zealand author because
there was rugby in the story. Margaret Mahy was a famous New Zealand author
who won lots of prizes and awards for her books. Her stories were written for
young adults and children. She grew up in Christchurch, this book reminded her
about her childhood. This was her last book before she died in 2012.
A Polish man wanted to have a book written about his dog
and their friendship so he went around the world looking for an author and he
found one in Christchurch, New Zealand, this was Margaret Mahy. He was a wealthy man and paid her money to
write this book. His dog was called
Naykee and in the book the dog is Najki.
Margaret Mahy wrote this book and a few months later she
died in 2012 and the dog in real life died in 2012 as well.
I think that while Margaret Mahy was writing this story
she was thinking that nothing is forever because Nijki moved in next door and
moved away again.
I really enjoyed this book and I recommend others to read it
too. I would recommend this book for 9 –
13 year olds and people that like adventures and interesting books.
