Genre: adventure fiction
Key Stage: Year 7+
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen (2014)
Ade is just a normal boy with a normal life. From the seventeenth floor of the tower block where he lives with his mother, Ade watches as the buildings keep falling around him each day. A strange and terrible kind of plant is taking over the city, and everyone is being forced to evacuate, but his mother is refusing to leave the building and even her own room. Ade knows his building will fall just like the others and doesn’t know what to do. And so, Ade watches alone as the city slowly empties each day and the plants creep even closer…
I really enjoyed this book as it shows us many things: friendship, loyalty and courage. The second I finished this book; I instantly was glad I had the chance to read it. It really inspired me to have more courage into what I want to do and told me a lot about friendship.
I think this book is suitable for everyone and anyone therefore I would definitely recommend it!
I rate this book a five star and hope many others will too!
Reviewer: Nusrat, Year 7