My overall opinion

This book is an amazing book to read, and cherishes a great moral. The book cover is really beautiful as well, because it shows all of the protagonist's mother's belongings and a shadow of her gazing at them. The imagery use of this book is also effective and allows the reader to be taken to the constructed world of the text. The blurb also has a suspenseful feeling to it and makes the reader get interested to what awaits them inside the book. Another positive feedback I'm going to talk about is the way Linda Newbery describes the characters texting to each other, for example "Hope u had a gd day. C u @ 5.30." (p.2) Overall I recommend this book to ages 13 and up. The reason being, its a bit complex and hard to understand but majority thumbs up! 

Mum's Disapperance

During the start of the book, "The Treasure House", the protagonist's mother disappears for most of the book. This incident in the book is the whole meaning of  "The Treasure House", it also leads to many mysteries and discoveries throughout the book. This incident effects all the characters throughout the book and is resolved in the end. The incident caused is connected by the protagonist's aunties' second - hand shop to her mother's given away belongings. The protagonist's mother's disappearance is described in a very descriptive way, for example halfway throughout the book her mother sends her a text saying, "I'm OK. Hope you are too. Don't worry. Love you lots. Mum xxx" (p.38) This makes the reader think more about her mother's case then the protagonist's. This book tells a very important moral and is the whole purpose of the book.

             These are examples of the Protagonist's aunties' Second-Hand Shop 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More complex than I thought!

This book is one of many books that I found hard to read and understand! It took me 3 times to read it and understand the basic story Linda Newbery was trying to pass through. This book has a very deep meaning and gives a hint about the ending after every chapter, using language techniques such as similes and metaphors. The protagonist of this book, "Nina Bickerstaff" also has alot in common with me, so I felt the loneliness in her heart. The biggest hint Linda gave me was "The Green Crocodile", The Green Crocodile is described as "a green velvet crocodile, nearly as long as the spread of Nina's arms, it had a ferocious expression and big pointy teeth that gaped wide, revealing a blood-red lining to its mouth".(p.13) Gradually throughout the story Nina begins to have a liking of the crocodile, in the end she orders her Aunts not to sell it. Overall this book has placed my top 10 chart together with books or series like: The Series of Unfortunate events, Dragon Kepper, The Percy Jackson Series etc...

Opening the Book

An eye-catching book cover, an amazing blurb! What else can a book have? Starting from today I've been reading a book called The Treasure House, By Linda Newbery. This book shows a great deal of creativity and imagery, the cover itself will blow you away! Reading the first chapter of the book, took me to another world where "slopes patched tawny-green in the afternoon sunlight, and the stone buildings of Crowndenbridge huddled in the valley" (pg 1) This is one of many quotes that will draw you into the constructed world of the text. Now you're probably wondering why the title of this blog is called The Elephant Bag? The story sets out with a girl named Nina attending "big school" for the first time but she hasn't heard from her mother for a while. No "Good Luck" or "Try your best". Linda describes the depatured students from the bus entering the school as "their Tiptonstall uniform a stream of grey and red that broke into fragments as they went their different ways" (pg 3) This is an example of Personification, she has cleverly used this to describe the bunched up students making their own way to the different school entrances. Getting to the end of the day was her only aim.