iHARRY REVIEW - Kids Book Capers Blog for Australian Childrens Books

iHarry is a hilarious new children?s book by Australian author, Laurine Croasdale.

It hardly seems fair. Harry?s dad designs mobile phones and Harry must be the only kid on the planet who?s not allowed to have one.

So when Dad is bedridden for a week after an accident on Harry?s skateboard, Harry makes the most of it. Dad has invented an amazing new phone. Surely it wouldn?t hurt to borrow it and take it to school just for one day would it?

At first things start out great! The phone seems like the best invention ever.

?It does his exam, plays his favourite songlist and orders pizza ? but it has one MAJOR flaw. He can?t take it off. And that?s when the trouble starts?

When the school principal is sent a text saying her stories are boring, Harry is not going to admit that his super phone was responsible.

Then when the school bully, Bozo steals the phone, it seems things can?t get any worse.

Finally, Harry gets the phone back but it has been ground into the dirt by Bozo. How is Harry going to explain this one to Dad?

iHarry has plenty of tension and excitement to keep readers turning the page. The subject matter is topical and imaginative and the first person point of view brings the reader into the heart of the story.

I?m sure that lots of young readers will relate to Harry?s situation where doing something a bit risky turns badly wrong. They will enjoy the fun technology and what kid wouldn?t dream about having a phone that does their exams and pretty much anything they want it to do ? even ask their class ?crush? out on a date?

iHarry is a fast-paced, easy to read contemporary story. The characters are well developed and believable and the Harry?s dilemma will appeal to its upper primary school readers; many of whom are desperate to have their own mobile phone.

The colourful and quirky cover illustration is by Heath McKenzie. iHarry is published by Penguin Group?s Puffin Books in their Aussie Chomp series.

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Tags: Aussie Chomps, Heath Mckenzie, iHarry, Laurine Croasdale, Penguin

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