Friday 28 December 2012

Foul Play


Foul Play is available in the library. This review was written by Euan Watson
Lately, I have been reading a book called Foul Play. The novel is about a boy called Danny who wants to become a detective and he is obsessed with crime books and detective movies. Danny is also a very big fan of his local football team City, especially the star player Sam Roberts, City and England’s top goal scorer.
At the start of the novel Danny was onto a case involving a number of burglaries in the area. He was trying to film two men burgling a warehouse but as he was filming, they caught sight of him. Luckily he got away by the skin of his teeth but will they come back to haunt him?    
When Danny finds out his legendary hero is kidnapped, he is on the case straight away and using the skills of all the movies he has seen. Will he be able to save Roberts in time for the World Cup so he can use his magic for England? Is the “Sam Roberts” dilemma and burglars connected? You will have to read to find out!
I think the novel is a very exciting, extremely gripping and fast paced.  I would recommend it for any age but especially for early teens.
The novel was shortlisted for “the book I couldn’t put down” award, which isn’t very hard to believe because I just couldn’t stop reading it!
Foul Play is a very good story and an extremely clever novel and I hope if you read it you will feel the same way about it as I do.

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