‘Part of Your World’ Liz Braswell
Reviews by Sharon Wang Yr 7
Everyone knows the story of ‘The Little Mermaid’, and
‘The Book Thief’ Markus Zusak
how Ariel defeated the evil sea witch Ursula in the final battle. But have you ever wondered, what if Ariel never
Do you want to learn more about the Holocaust? Ever
won, and Ursula defeated her?
wondered what it would’ve been like to grow up during that time? If you answered yes, then ‘The Book Thief’ is just right for you!
Liz
Braswell’s
based
on
‘Part
‘The
of
Your
Little
World’
Mermaid’
is
by
a
twisted
Hans
tale
Christian
Andersen. In the Disney film adaptation, Ariel defeats Markus
Zusak’s
‘The
Book
Thief’
is
a
historical
novel
about the Holocaust. It tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl who is taken to a new home because her mother can’t afford to take care of her. She never knew her real father, and her mother mysteriously disappears after
taking
her
to
her
foster
parents.
On
the
train
journey to her new home, Liesel’s younger brother dies, and she steals her first book at his burial; her adoptive father a book called ‘The Gravedigger’s Handbook’.
Ursula, but in this book Ursula wins and takes the life of King
containing making
much she is missing out on, so she and her Papa set themselves the challenge of reading ‘The Gravedigger’s Handbook’ every night, which is Liesel’s last link to her
reading
this
real
mother.
book,
Liesel
After starts
they
have
stealing
Ariel’s
sure
enchanted
keeps voice
that
and
it
does
the
and
gold
takes
never
shell
good
breaks.
whatever
necklace
care
Eric
Vanessa
of
it,
remains (who
is
actually Ursula in disguise) wants him to do. After the battle against Ursula, Ariel is forced to return to Atlantica, her home, and becomes ‘The Voiceless
to
and
She
Queen of Atlantica’. She makes a vow to never go up
Liesel cannot read or write, and she realises just how
brother
Triton.
the
surface
again,
after
what
happened
to
her
father. But when Ariel discovers that her father might still be alive and is being held hostage by Vanessa, she is determined to return to a world she never imagined she would see again.
finished
books
from
places such as the mayor’s wife’s library and Nazi bookburnings.
Overall, I think that this book is one of the best fastpaced, action-packed adventure books I’ve ever read. The
plot
and
the
characters
are
based
on
the
film
made by Disney, but the author added more detail and Markus Zusak uses ambiguity at the beginning of the book
to
create
interest
and
suspense.
This
book
is
separated into many small chapters. Each chapter starts by focusing on something small, and then it zooms out so
that
you
can
see
the
bigger
picture.
Something
interesting about this book is the fact that it isn’t told from any of the main characters’ point of view, it’s told from
Death’s
point
of
view.
This
makes
the
whole
storyline and plot more intriguing because you’re always
personality for each character and made the story flow a lot better than other twisted tales I’ve read. Each chapter is told from a different character’s point of view. The author uses a variety of sentence lengths that are direct and easy to understand and follow. However, some
parts
are
very
cheesy.
Even
though
the
plot
follows the classic ‘good guy versus bad guy’ storyline, it is still very entertaining and held my attention to the end.
wondering: “What’s happening? Why’s Death here? Is something bad going to happen?”
The average rating for this book is around 3 out of 5 stars, but I would give it 4.5 out of 5 stars just because
I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars because I enjoyed the way it was written and how the plot was depicted. This book is suitable for anyone above the age of 12, as younger people might not understand everything and will get confused about what’s happening.
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I enjoyed it so much. This book is suitable for anyone above the age of 12, but if you are a big fan of ‘The Little Mermaid’, this will become one of your favourite books of all time!
