Book Review
Thursday’s Child, by Sonya Hartnett
Thursday’s Child, by Sonya Hartnett, is the moving story of a family struggling for life in the Great Depression of Australia. It really makes you think about what living in that time must have been like.
The narrator and main character of the book is Harper Flute, who records the struggle of her family- her elder siblings, Devon and Audrey, searching for jobs; her father, steadily becoming an alcoholic; her mother, stuggling to keep the family together; and her younger brother Tin, who compulsively digs a maze of subterranean tunnels, searching for something no one knows anything about...
The book becomes more and more exciting as it goes on, and there is a spectacular finish. I would recommend this book to advanced readers 11 and above, and I, personally, would rate it 9/10.
Overall, this book is an exciting read which really makes you think.
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