My Name is Chris and I am 17 from scotland. I think ciao is the best.
My Name is Chris and I am 17 from scotland. I think ciao is the best.
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I had to read this book years ago as a class project, I decided to write about it because I dug it out of the cupboard yesterday. The main story of the book is about a boy Danny Lodge who is around 15-17 years old, his little brother about 7 and a girl called Kim.
At the beginning of the book it describes how peaceful the world is, until a war brakes out between the East of the World and the West. Nuclear bombs are dropped on countries including England. Danny Lodge and Co all get involved as Nuclear Bomb is dropped 5 miles away on a town called Branford and they live in a town called Skiply. This shows one of the problems as there are a lot of technical errors in the book.
The bomb that was dropped on Branford badly effects Skiply. Danny was lucky as he was in a bunker and save from radiation but was his family ok. The main story begins when Danny is trying to race towards his town to check on is family. One of the family members is dead put which one? I will let you find out, it is a good book.
As the plot begins to thicken you start to find out about many other types of people such as “Greasers” and “Badgers”. There are also other types of people such as people who have a “Creeping Dose”. This is radiation sickness where they get worse and worse till they die. They are many types of organisations such as MASADA and the Army. The Army doesn’t help anyone, they poison the food they give them, and set up work camps. They just use the people of Skiply.
Danny Develops relationships easily so he is a very caring person. He looks after his brother a lot and tries to help when he gets ill. He develops a relationship with a girl called Kim and a boyfriend girlfriend relationship develops. He is very assertive in the way he acts. He tries to help even if he knows he has not got a chance of winning, he just does it to help people. He helps Kim out of trouble. He is not aggressive though, as he had to stop Kim from killing her attackers.
The book itself is well written. Even though it is only 150+ pages long it would class as a children’s novel but is still a good book for adults to read as it has lots of long words. The book could be finished in one night. This is because you cant put the book down.
This story however technically wrong still brings to mind the terrors, which a Nuclear Holocaust could bring. It would mean the world would be kill or be killed, friends would be enemies. So like it says on the cover “Which is worse? To perish in a nuclear attack? Or to survive?”
Sounds a great book, from what you said. I enjoy children's books that have that sort fo "something else" under their pages for us to discover... good job i've just finished my bedside table book last night, so i'll start this one! Thanks!!
Arbrette 31.03.2003 02:54
I enjoyed reading your opinion on this book, yes, I know what you mean about the technical inconsistencies, but if you enjoyed it, which you appear to have done, how abut tracking down the book called "The Day of The Bomb" - I cannot remember the author's name, but I know it began with A or B, because I was reading my way through the library at the time, I'm sure it was 'A'. It is set in Japan and the same scenario ... I think you would like it. Also, how about Z for Zachariah? Take care!
Jun 18th, 2001
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