Noah's Gold

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It also mentions the family’s need to use a food bank and the way the parents make it sound as if they’ve won a competition. is like an Irish Lord of the Flies, where the pupils have to govern themselves on an island after their teacher disappears. Maybe it was fate that Noah became trapped in the bus, as he just might be the only one with reasonable ideas. It’s a relief to find Frank Cottrell-Boyce cheering us on with his irrepressible boy narrator in Noah’s Gold [.

Noah’s creation of a treasure map to distract the group and the subsequent discovery of gold all ads to the adventure.At another point, I thought I'd spotted a hiccup in the timeline: at the end of one letter, Noah learned that he had received a letter from his family; we were then presented immediately with said letter, which talked about events which had only just happened. Thereafter, further disaster strikes, for he’s forgotten to apply the handbrake and the mini bus is teetering on a cliff edge… It seems that the minibus has arrived in a place of confusion. Add in a treasure hunt and the need to fix the internet and what you end up with is a fast paced, humorous story of survival without the benefits of modern technology.

although I did love the plot and ending I found the writing style to not be enjoyable (hence the lower rating). Then they will laugh at the adventures of the children struggling on using only their own wiles and brains: “I don’t know how Henry VIII died.

Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs , Noah's Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.

Young Noah accidentally finds himself caught on a geography school trip with his older sister and some fellow year 9 students; through the naivety of their teacher they find themselves stranded on a small island where accidentally young Noah “ switches off “ the internet and thus chaos ensues. MacMillan Children’s Books) ‘To whom it may concern, I am a Year Seven from St Anthony of Padua High School, Limavady. He used to run a Punch and Judy show, earning a fortune in small change, and just like Damian in Millions, he is a Catholic who is fascinated by stories of the saints. Told in letters that are mainly written by Noah to his parents in which he shares all about what the children have been up to over the course of five days (and nights), which includes foiling a robbery. a funny and life-affirming tale about co-operation and resourcefulness, with a Blytonesque hidden-loot subplot thrown in.

The chapters are written as letters between Noah and his parents, and the fact that they seem strangely calm – maybe even amused – at Noah’s Lord of the Flies-style situation gives it a real sense of the absurd. I thought this was a lovely touch as it’s the first time I’ve come across this in a children’s book but it wasn’t talked about in a doom and gloom kind of way, nor was it glorified. Noah’s letters are so heartfelt and revealing – giving up hints about his home life when he mentions the lack of food on the island and the secret sharing, “I’ve seen you do that, Mum… when we’ve been a bit short of food at home. Noah accidentally stows away on a geography field trip and then breaks the internet, or so he believes.