Thursday, 20 November 2008

Book Review-Why The Whales Came

I haven’t finished this book but it is really good! It's about a Gracie and her friend Daniel. They live on a island; close to other ones. One of the islands they live close to is said to be cursed. Samson Island. They also say that the Birdman is a dangerous person. He lives alone on Rushy bay. When one day Daniel suggested they sail to rushy bay, they soon discoverd the truth. Birdman wasn't as people said he was. He was kind and friendly.One day they sailed to where the Birdman lived and they found his initials written with shells on the sand. The next time they found a carved cormorant made by the Birdman. Soon they began to have conversations, asking and answering about eachother. Though they haven't met eachother yet. As i said i didnt finish the whole book, but i have read the short summary on the back of the book:

Gracie and her friend Daniel ignore the warning, and they discover the Birdman is not mad and dangerous, as everyone says. Yet he claims Samson Island is cursed and tells them to stay away...
After the children are stranded on Samson by fog, Gracie returns home to learn of a tragic death. Could the Birdman be right after all?

Xinyu Ma

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