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The BookViral Review: From the Australian suburbs to Uganda, Journey to Children of Bwola Dances takes us on an extraordinarily powerful journey that reflects the best and worst in human nature whilst the enduring tragedy of Africa’s child soldiers proves a poignant reminder of the horrors of war.
With startling clarity, Amaya pens a remarkable narrative that weaves social and moral values with an intensity that rarely falters. It’s an enthralling story that requires dexterity of thought as converging paths come together. The events that lead up to Bob’s and Samantha’s abduction by The LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) and the circumstances which once again force young Olum to face the atrocities of his past. It’s a harrowing read at times but Amaya makes his points without the need for trite breast-beating whilst comfortably retaining that often elusive balance between tension and suspense. On this level alone Journey to Children of Bwola Dances proves a genuine page-turner whilst vividly drawn characters and well-nuanced dialogue captures the intricacies of local dialogue and adds a sense of legitimacy and urgency to Amaya’s words.
With a nail-biting and cracking denouement Journey to Children of Bwola Dances deserves to build an enthusiastic following for Amaya and much interest in future releases. It is strongly recommended.
The essay collection has become a curious genre in recent years but for every writer that proves themself a sophisticated and shrewd observer of reality, another dismays us when ego takes the reigns. But Gibbons’ essays refreshingly escape any sense of vanity as he shares powerful stories that are both questing and vulnerable in their candour.
Two cases 16 years apart combine in Redcar police station in this gripping mystery. The first is two-year-old Poppy, who suddenly disappears without a trace from a blanket on the beach. The second, a series of missing girls, all mysteriously connected by a designer dress label.
When Jim meets Sophie, a fellow member of the liberation movement ‘The Underground’, his life begins to take on even more meaning. After a failed attempt at infiltrating the Elite leaders ends in tragedy, Jim turns to his scientific studies, specifically a porthole into other dimensions, to right the wrong.
An eye-opening look at creation versus evolution, ‘From Goo to God’ tracks many of the blindly accepted evolutionary theories, picking each apart to examine whether they deserve the widely established promotion throughout the whole educational experience of young people.
Kathleen. W . Franks has managed to capture; the kind that transports its young reader into the realms of their own imagination, complete with secret tunnels, magical creatures and a good old baddie or two!
Right from the off the mystery begins as Franks firmly hooks her readers with strong relatable characters and a gripping plot, with the shape of the novel growing and shifting naturally from her protagonist’s very first experience at his new home.
We are constantly and enduringly fascinated with fictional accounts of parallel existence, alternative realities and genetic engineering. Films such as ‘The Fountain’ present immortality as attainable, whilst books such as ‘The Book Thief’ (Markus Zusak) explore the nature of death, in this case by death himself acting as narrator.
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