Author: Michael Morpurgo
Page Number: 348 pages
Genre: Animal Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Overview: This book is about a boy named Will who went on a holiday to Indonesia with his mother, but going to Indonesia wasn't just an ordianry holiday. It is an escape or a new start of a chance to forget all the tragic things that had happened to them over the past months- things like the death of Will's father. At first, it seemed to be that it is just perfectly what they needed to be- in a quiet place where they would have the opportunity to forget. But when suddenly, Oona- the elephant that Will was riding on when the tsunami came stampeded wildly into the safety of the jungle without warning, Will's life began to turn upside down. Before he knew it, the tsunami came and hit the coast where Will's mother was swimming on the beach. And at only about a month or so, Will had lost both his mother and his father. What is he going to do and who is he going to turn to......after all, he had to survive in the dangerous jungle where tigers and leeches lived?
Comments: At first, this story began with the tragically event of Will's father dying, I was completely drawn in by the sad events that happened to Will that I just had to read on!! I think this is a truly moving book that makes me unable to put my eyes off it! There are a lot of good language and vocabularies in this book and the author- Michael Morpurgo described every movement of every character in the book so well that it makes you feel that you were actually Will himself. I think Will is a really strong boy in his mind because even though he lost his parents, he still has the determination of living and he still holds hope and never thought on the bad side, but always the good side. I am very glad the ending of this book was wonderful and extremely happy (I won't ruin your desire of reading this adventurous story by telling you the ending, if you want to know, find out yourself)! Again, I think this book is truly and absolutely touching that I wouldn't care to read it again and again, it made me stunned there for so long at the ending, playing the whole story over my head again and again! Michael Morpurgo is always one of my full-time favourite authors and I think this is the most moving book that I have read so far! I learnt from this book that no matter how hard or difficult life is, you always have to work hard to make yourself alive and be happy despite how bad the tragedies are, just like Will did. I also learned, from this book, that some things we cannot control, like the tsunami and other natural disaster, but the only thing we can control is ourself. I sincerely recommend this story to you all!
