Junior Book Club Review - "The Song From Somewhere Else" by A. F. Harrold











We had our September Junior Book Club meeting at the Brunswick Library last week and we discussed A.F. Harrold's stunning novel The Song From Somewhere Else.

One of our book club members wrote a great review of the book.  Here is what Chloe had to say about The Song From Somewhere Else.

I loved this book.  I liked how the book already started with a problem (Neil Noble bullying Frank).  I also enjoyed how every problem linked onto another problem.  For example, if Neil Noble wasn't bullying Frank then Nick wouldn't have to have saved her bag from the nettles which then led Nick and Frank to becoming friends.  If Nick hadn't saved Frank's bag from the nettles, then Nick wouldn't have got to hug his Mum, and so on.

 I loved the name of this book because you wouldn't be able to understand much if you just looked at the title, you have to read the book to understand what's going on.

 Levi Pinfold's illustrations are AMAZING.  I liked this book even more because of the illustrations.  The illustrations put a really good visual representation of the story in your head.

 My favourite character was Aunty Mimi because she was so mysterious (and a bit pushy).  When Frank saw the lady with the pram for the first time (just after Aunty Mimi had given the metal disc to Frank) I thought it was Aunty Mimi in disguise because in both descriptions of The Stick Woman and Aunty Mimi, the author, A.F. Harrold, described their hair buns in similar ways.

 I think that A.F. Harrold should have included Jess in the story a bit more once she came back from her holiday because Frank is so worried about Jess coming back and finding out that her and Nick are friends.

 Thanks Chloe!
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