Be warned, Reader, this book isn’t about a normal spice bag, nor is it about a normal boy. Quite the opposite. This book is about the Spice Bag, and our unlikely hero: a 10-year-old boy named George…
It also has:
A dash of adventure
A sprinkle of mystery
A greasy villain
And a talking mouse
And then there’s Mr Spicebag’s chipper, which seems to be at the centre of everything. George is about to have the weirdest week of his life…
I love how anarchically crazy kids books can be; they can be goofy and silly and have situations that would never happen in the real world. As kids get older, their books lose that anarchic flavour, and I always feel a little bit sad. Luckily, this one is completely insane, so there's that.
I don't want to give too much of the story away, but it's fantastic, fast paced and full of twists. I read it in one go, without stopping, (while I was meant to be babysitting, whoops) and I definitely spent a lot of that time laughing out loud.
I really hope there's more coming - I want George to have a lot more adventures, and I want to be there to read every single one of them. Fingers crossed this one runs and runs.
Mr Spicebag publishes on the 2nd of September, 2021. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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