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Loading... Eco Worrier (Marty Marsh, #1)by Ian Slatter
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"Loved it, I read it in a day", "funny and awesome", "super fun", "really good book" Marty is desperate for friends, having left his behind when he moved into 10 Downing Street with his mum.Bored and lonely, his life suddenly becomes a lot more exciting when he sneaks out of a secret passage and meets Jumi, a young eco protester. He agrees to help her in her fight to stop a new airport from destroying an ancient woodland.But being an eco warrior isn't as easy as he thinks. Featuring a mum who just happens to be the Prime Minister, a very nosy sister, a gorilla-wrestling security guard and the creepiest politician in the world, Eco Worrier sees a bored and lonely boy take on a sinister plot and his own fears in this hilarious book from debut novelist Ian Slatter.Eco Worrier is the perfect read for children who love an adventure story with twists and turns and plenty of laughs along the way. What readers have been saying about Eco Worrier: * This book is not only funny and awesome but it also teaches you a ton of interesting things about the planet.* Kids will eat this story up and their parents will likely enjoy it too.* This is a great story.*Five stars for a book that deserves it!* Nicely-paced, imaginative and breezy tale which young teenagers (of all ages...) will enjoy.* If you care about the environment, this is a book to give to your children.* I highly recommend it for older kids and young adults.This was adorable! And super fun!* It is incredibly readable, has big current issues and personal moral issues too in an entertaining and relatable way * An enlightening reading experience for young readers. (Comments taken from reviews on Goodreads and Amazon globally). No library descriptions found. |
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In my younger days as a teenager, I’d been quite a protester when it came to specific causes, especially if it involved the environment. I found myself quickly stepping into the shoes, the book’s protagonist, Marty Marsh, and becoming my inner-child as I read this book.
Living in the United States, it took a bit of fantasizing about being in the UK, even more so when you consider I’m the child of the Prime Minister. While it might be fun in pretending to be a child of a significant political figure, the reality is quite different, as I would be losing all of my freedom in having friends and being able to see and playing with them.
Luckily, Marty found a way of sneaking out of his home at 10 Downing Street and wound up making friends with Jumi. Just like I did as a teenager, I found myself wanting to team up with Jumi to help her in preventing a primeval forest from being devastated due to a planned new airport, even though they were younger than I’d been in my protesting years.
I could see why Marty found it rather tricky in trying to help Jumi in her quest to save the environment, especially with his very inquisitive sister, and a security guard who had been keen that nothing would get by him. I found myself being apprehensive, just as Marty did, in undertaking this quest. But, luckily, in the end, the new airport idea got tossed into the reject file, and the forest got saved. I’m not going to go into the trials and tribulations the two protagonists had to face since it would have taken the intrigue of the story with its multitude of plot twists.
I found this book to be an enlightening reading experience for its young readers by giving them a look into the politics associated with the behind scene activities regarding an environmental cause. For wanting this for his young readers, my inner-child and myself have given the author, Ian Slatter, 5 STARS for his endeavor here. (