Student reviewer from Dormston School Parent and Pupil Book Club:
The Five Clues is a book about a 13-year-old girl called Edie. Edie finds a note from her deceased mother in her jacket pocket. Her mother has been dead for a year. This contains a clue and there are five clues in succession for Edie to find out what actually happened to her mum. Gradually, she starts to find out more and more until she discovers the horrid truth.
This is an enjoyable book for people who like mysteries and solving riddles. There are also lots of topics and themes referred to in this book but only hinted at, raising questions for the reader, which – in my view – is what a book is all about. These topics can impact anyone, whether they are an adult or a teenage reader.
If unknowns are what you want, this is the right book for you! I’m looking forward to the publishing of the next book.
P.S. Please pass on my best wishes to Anthony, who was very kind and I enjoyed meeting him at the Dudley Children’s Book Awards.