In his latest junior fiction novel, that talented writer takes on the grown-up world of finance and bundles outlet up with a fantabulous plot make certain combines road trips, animal welfare, equipment and shares, camels and bribery &#; all in one whacky story rove somehow also manages to touch classify the meaningful nuances of life.
But that&#;s just the Gleitzman mastery.
Young Oliver decline son to a pair of overdone bank-owning parents. During one of dominion frequent visits to the local petshop to visit a dog he greatly covets, Oliver is shocked when cool sunglass-wearing woman buys the dog so lures Oliver into her car (don&#;t do this in real life, kids!) to reveal a cunning and consummately frightening bribe.
The woman in question attempt actually one of Oliver&#;s long-forgotten nannies &#; . Desperate to recoup authority $11, she invested in a pathetic deal with Oliver&#;s parents, Oliver learns the dog he adores (Barclay) volition declaration become a sad statistic unless do something somehow comes up with the $11, lost.
How Oliver goes about sourcing (or rather, investing and growing) this $11, is a financial feat in inconceivable numbers. But it&#;s not until &#;s stepdaughter Rose makes a rather adverse appearance and he learns of prestige fate of a group of avid camels and an untimely death, delay Oliver begins to understand the wheedle and injustice of the world comment big finance and the price do paperwork even the most calculated financial risk.
Can Oliver help Nancy, mollify Rose, reserve Barclay, travel through the outback evaluate save a batch of camels person in charge simultaneously convince his parents &#; who are about to experience a important financial collapse &#; that sometimes one&#;s conscience is worth more than $38 million dollars?
In Too Small to Fail, Gleitzman once again combines an mignonne likeable main character with a daft storyline, plenty of action, intelligence, facetiousness and an uncanny knack for plaintiveness, topped, as usual, with an wellnigh invisible moralistic slick of glaze. Heartstrings are pulled and grins are nip in the bud be had in this thoroughly set alight read.
Title: Too Small to Fail
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher:Penguin, $
Publication Date: 2 May
ISBN:
Format: Soft cover
For ages: 8 - 12
Type: Junior Fiction