It is that time of year again when we have a new novel from David Walliams. This story takes place in 1983, and Raj appears in this one, I suppose due to some furore as he wasn’t in the last book. Children should enjoy this along with many of us adults, as in many ways this is something that we are all going to have to think about or face, and that is the inevitable ageing process. We are generally speaking living longer, and although Alzheimer’s is a worry we all will get a bit forgetful or senile regardless of that illness.
Twelve year old Jack sees this happen with his grandpa and although his parents have trouble with the worry, for Jack in some ways he can communicate best with his gramps as he can look at this man and hear and play at being a wartime pilot. For Jack’s grandpa was a Second World War fighter ace. As the old man gradually regresses back to his former glory days so he is placed in an old people’s home, Twilight Towers, which I must admit looked like the ideal place to send my parents. But is this home all it is cracked up to be?
With fraud and cruelty to old people, this story has lots of adventure and is full of humour. I think that Mr Walliams must have been inspired by Dickens’ novel ‘Hard Times’, as the school teacher Miss Verity keeps going on about ‘Facts, Facts, Facts’, reminding me of Mr Gradgrind from the Dickens novel. Also with the number of incidents that have occurred with children and teachers from the school in the past, I was reminded of my secondary school.
In all this is a fun tale that is in some places quite poignant and is certainly a great read. This is fully illustrated throughout by Tony Ross, and there is a glossary at the rear which will help children understand certain things to do with the Second World War. Hopefully this book as well as being fun will pique your child’s interest in the past, and perhaps even make them ask if they can visit the Imperial War Museum, which is always great to look around. This hardback edition also comes with a free Spitfire, but alas no parachute. I was hoping that when I bought this a plane was going to be wheeled up to the counter for me, but alas this was not so, all you get here is a picture to cut out from the rear inner sleeve of the dust jacket.
It is that time of year again when we have a new novel from David Walliams. This story takes place in 1983, and Raj appears in this one, I suppose due to some furore as he wasn’t in the last book. Children should enjoy this along with many of us adults, as in many ways this is something that we are all going to have to think about or face, and that is the inevitable ageing process. We are generally speaking living longer, and although Alzheimer’s is a worry we all will get a bit forgetful or senile regardless of that illness.Twelve year old Jack sees this happen with his grandpa and although his parents have trouble with the worry, for Jack in some ways he can communicate best with his gramps as he can look at this man and hear and play at being a wartime pilot. For Jack’s grandpa was a Second World War fighter ace. As the old man gradually regresses back to his former glory days so he is placed in an old people’s home, Twilight Towers, which I must admit looked like the ideal place to send my parents. But is this home all it is cracked up to be?With fraud and cruelty to old people, this story has lots of adventure and is full of humour. I think that Mr Walliams must have been inspired by Dickens’ novel ‘Hard Times’, as the school teacher Miss Verity keeps going on about ‘Facts, Facts, Facts’, reminding me of Mr Gradgrind from the Dickens novel. Also with the number of incidents that have occurred with children and teachers from the school in the past, I was reminded of my secondary school.In all this is a fun tale that is in some places quite poignant and is certainly a great read. This is fully illustrated throughout by Tony Ross, and there is a glossary at the rear which will help children understand certain things to do with the Second World War. Hopefully this book as well as being fun will pique your child’s interest in the past, and perhaps even make them ask if they can visit the Imperial War Museum, which is always great to look around. This hardback edition also comes with a free Spitfire, but alas no parachute. I was hoping that when I bought this a plane was going to be wheeled up to the counter for me, but alas this was not so, all you get here is a picture to cut out from the rear inner sleeve of the dust jacket.
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