Unhooking the Moon
By Author / Illustrator
Gregory Hughes
Genre
Adventure
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
ISBN
9781849162951
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
29-04-2010
Synopsis
Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father's death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York.
Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both.
On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him?
Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Curious Incident, Hughes' story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.
Reviews
Amelia
- Age
14
It's a gripping story, once you start reading you just can't stop. I'd say to read it if your over the age of 12, otherwise you may not understand fully what is going on.
Suggested Reading Age 14+
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