Lost Worlds by Andrew Lane
Review by Little M
Calum Challenger was in a car
crash which killed his parents and paralysed his legs. He is about sixteen and lives alone in a flat
with a great amount of inheritance money. Calum never goes out and the one
thing he hates most is a wheelchair. He
hates the name, the chair itself; he hates anything to do with it. When Gecko,
a teenage boy crashes through one of Calum’s skylights, they immediately become
friends. College student, Tara, is hacking into Calum’s website about animals
that aren’t discovered. He sends Gecko to find her. In his high-tech apartment
Calum directs a team on a journey into dangerous lands to get some DNA for him
to try and cure his paralysed legs.
Lost Worlds was a brilliant, superb,
action adventure novel. I definitely recommend this novel to action-adventure
readers. It is fast paced so you never get bored.
My favourite character is Gecko.
Gecko is the cool boy who free-runs. Free running is where you run across roofs/buildings
without anything to catch you if you fall. He also comes up with awesome ideas
and he can think on his feet!
The style of writing is not
too difficult but also not too easy. It’s a nice style. One that makes you want
to read on! When the second novel comes out I so want to read it!
Lost Worlds made me think about
animals or beings that may not have been discovered. It really does make you
think.
Andrew Lane is also the author of
Young Sherlock Holmes.
Publication details:
Macmillan Children’s, 25 April 2013, London, paperback
This copy: received for
review from the publisher
I had this book sent to me for review but I'm pretty ashamed to admit that I knew absolutely nothing about the book before your review! I'm actually pretty intrigued now that I do know, so thank you for that :)
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