"It’s the Bard as you’ve never seen him before in this hilarious Tempest-inspired comedy"
Interest Age 8+ Reading Age 8
What a super introduction to Shakespeare and his play The Tempest. The story tells of a group of school children who are on a ferry to perform the play in a festival in Italy. If you know the Tempest, you can probably guess that their ferry capsizes, and the group are shipwrecked. The drama then unfolds! Half of the actors wash up on the beach, the other half and their teacher, Mr Fortune (or not so fortunate) are missing.
The characters identities are set out in the first chapter, where the reader is introduced to the confident bossy leader, the shy, but intelligent boy, the thinker, and the clown. What is clever, is that if you know the play, the characters resemble those in Shakespeare’s play, but if you don’t, it in no way detracts from the enjoyment of the story.
The story is lively and fast paced, but still manages to include some lovely description and colour, such as ‘the unspooling music like golden ribbon’ heard by the children. It is also quite humorous with some lively banter between the group.
For those readers who like things explained, and everything rounded up, the final chapter brings all the plots and characters together in true Shakespearean fashion. All is revealed, the poor unfortunate Caliban, why there is a desert island just off the coast of Dover, and why the group were split up!
The book is of a good length for all levels of reader and printed on dyslexic friendly paper. I look forward to Hurly-Burly (Macbeth in disguise!).
The brilliant Ross Montgomery is back with his second riotous take on Shakespeare’s work, following the success of Rock Bottom: A Midsummer Nightmare. Full of fun and with engaging illustrations from Mark Beech, this laugh-out-loud story will entertain young readers while providing a great introduction to one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays.
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The brilliant Ross Montgomery is back with his second riotous take on Shakespeare’s work, following the success of Rock Bottom: A Midsummer Nightmare. Full of fun and with engaging illustrations from Mark Beech, this laugh-out-loud story will entertain young readers while providing a great introduction to one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays. Only a sensible, level head can save the day when disaster strikes on a school trip in this hilariously slapstick introduction to Shakespeare's The Tempest.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror features in the following genres: Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 7+, Recommendations, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, School Stories, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror was written by Ross Montgomery and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Tripwrecked! Tempest Terror has 76 pages
Yes it is part of Shakespeare Shake-Ups series
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
