This was a wonderful book. I could not hardly put the book down. I must admit that when I first looked at the book, I did not have any interest in it. But WOW! The author did a great job of captruing my attention and I loved the word choices through out the book. This book was written for children, but all ages could enjoy this book. I know that I learned many new vocabulary words from this book.
The characters of this book was so realistic to me. I could just picture Black Stache and Slank. The orphan boys squeezed at my heart as I read the book and saw how they were so close to each other. Peter was such a leader and caretaker to them. It was evident in the book when he searched for food and when he tried to protect them numerous times in the book.
I would definitely use this book in my class. I loved how we made vocabulary list and completed activities with them. The students would love to read this and use it for vocabulary instead of a textbook.
