This review is by our latest junior junior book worm reviewer:
Freddie Wright
Curses are a bad thing. Some people believe in
them, some do not. This novel will be more compelling to those who believe in
curses. In school there are always groups; groups of cool people and those who are not so cool. This novel is about
one boy who used to be in the cool gang but was cursed and from then on he
began to slide into the category of not being cool at all.
She was old and crotchety, an easy
target for the cool gang. They walked up her drive and then ran up to her.
Swore at her, tipped her off her rocking chair, poured lemonade all over her
head and then stole her cane and ran off. David was the last to leave. He
turned round and gave her the finger. As he walked smoothly out of the gates
and towards the gang, he heard her shout out a curse. “May you be cursed for
ever more.”
The next few days were manic. He had
walked into class with his fly down and then as he was asking out a girl his
trousers fell down. He soon was not able to cope with all of these
embarrassments and went to see the old woman. She said that everyday he lost a
little bit of his face (not literally). This meant that every day he was
becoming more and more of a loser. He also noticed that part of his face was on
the old lady’s wall. She said that as he lost his face she was making it into a
mask on her wall.
The main character in this story is
David. The novelist makes you sympathise with him as he has to face all of the
cool peoples’ taunts. The effect of all this on him is mostly depression
because he is bullied at school and that he was cursed. This is a book under
the genre of modern day life. It is set in the present and the events that
unfold in this novel could well indeed happen to anybody today.
A really funny book, by one of my
favourite authors.
If you like the sound of this book, check out Louis Sachar's site.
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