Students Opinion: The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks

Mr. Staffi (formerly known as Dugong-101), who so kindly came up to us and asked to be interviewed last term has read another book he would love to share with our readers.

“The Paradise Trap” written by Catherine Jinks and published by Allen and Unwin. Focuses on the adventures of the protagonist Markus and his mother, who arrive at the Diamond Beach Caravan Park however are sorely disappointed by it. The Park shares no similarity with the one Markus’ mother remembers. To add to the disappointment Markus can think of a hundred better ways to be spending his Holiday; which exclude spending time in a rusty, crusty smelly old caravan. Soon enough however the caravan reveals its secrets. Markus gets swept into the craziest, scariest Holiday ever.

Mr. Staffi revealed that his two most favourite characters are Markus and Jake, because they show a great deal of bravery and courage. Mr.Staffi admires these traits dearly and strives to achieve them himself.

His favourite part of the story was when one of the characters nearly got pulled down the toilet. He thought this was simply hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing, he added that there are multiple funny scenes in the book.

The characters managed to escape with hope and teamwork, they even got to keep the little white fluffy dog as an added bonus, this is exactly what Mr Staffi expected.

He rated the book an 8.5 out of ten and would recommended it to all ages except Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2, because he thinks that they wouldn’t be able to appreciate the story to its fullest extent yet.

Thank you Mr. Staffi for your thoughts on this book and hopefully our readers will give this book a go. Keep reading everyone and stay tuned for next weeks post –Zinnia and Gwendoline 

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