"Quirky treetop adventure with a streak of activism"
Cape Town is the setting for Jaco Jacobs’ quirky adventure, but the emotions described will be familiar to all young readers. It’s the holidays and Marnus is bored, fed up too of being pushed around by his wheeler-dealer little brother, overlooked by his parents, and teased by his big brother.
Everything changes when he meets Leila; within minutes he’s drawn into her campaign to save a tree in the local park, and actually camped out in its branches in defiance of the man from the water board, and his own mum. Their joint protest turns Marnus and Leila into special friends, and introduces them to a host of other eccentric characters too.
When Marnus finally goes home, he’s quite a different boy. A lovely story about the importance of standing up for what you believe in and accepting who you are.
Readers who relish Marnus’ adventure will also enjoy The Wilderness War by Julia Green.
Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something that changes your life forever. Like climbing a tree with a girl you don't know. Marnus is tired of feeling invisible, living in the shadow of his two brothers.
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Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something that changes your life forever. Like climbing a tree with a girl you don't know.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A Good Day for Climbing Trees and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
A Good Day for Climbing Trees features in the following genres: Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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A Good Day for Climbing Trees was written by Jaco Jacobs and published by Oneworld Publications
A Good Day for Climbing Trees has 154 pages
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