Taronga by Victor Kelleher, ISBN 9780140326314, Puffin Books
REVIEWED BY JULIA, 11, QLD
Julia is reviewing her own copy of Taronga.
From the first page of the book Taronga, Ben is uncovered as a boy who can communicate with animals. In this futuristic story, Ben is struggling to survive in the ‘new’ unrecognisable city of Sydney. Horrible events happen leaving Ben in a tight position, will he take the chance or give up?
Along the way Ben makes enemies and friends. Elle helps Ben and together they do what they think is right. But is it the right choice?
I didn’t like this chilling story but I felt compelled to finish it, as I wanted to see if Ben and Elle made the right or the wrong choice. I found the story line worrying and distressing. It is a story of a war — a war going on between the people in Taronga Zoo and the people on the outside of the walls surrounding Taronga Zoo.
What will happen to Ben and Elle and all the animals? Will they survive or will the ‘outsiders’ take over Taronga Zoo?
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