Being the smallest doesn't stop you having the biggest ideas.
Eleven-year old Noah sneaks along on his big sister's geography field trip. Everything goes wrong! Six kids are marooned on an uninhabited island. Their teacher has vanished. They're hungry. Their phones don't work and Noah has broken the internet. There's no way of contacting home . . . Disaster!
Until Noah discovers a treasure map and the gang goes in search of gold.
What a fabulous, funny, silly and full of meaning book this is.
First; my proof copy had some illustrations, but not everything. I can't wait to get my hands on a finished copy and look at them properly. The ones I saw were amazing, full of humour and perfectly matched to the text.
Second; this is a brilliant story. It's told mostly in letters from Noah to his parents (and grandmother? I was unclear about that.) with a few replies from them and a couple of other items thrown in as well. Noah's a great narrator, funny and serious with a wonderful eye for detail. (Golden Fury! I'll be calling it that forever. My grandchildren will think I'm crazy, but I will persist.)
I loved the overall message here; yes, you miss things if you spend all your time buried in the internet, but it is useful for things as well. And that ending...leading us to a sequel, maybe, Mr Cottrell-Boyce? I do hope so! I'd love to spend some more time with these characters.
Brilliant. Get your hands on a copy as soon as you can.
Noah's Gold publishes on the 13th May, 2021. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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