Unsuitable for Adults over 16 Years Old

by Amanda George

Overview

Fed up of being told things are unsuitable for children? Well this book is unsuitable for adults! Come on in and meet the Humirrels and read about their adventures!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491802847
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	08/27/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	379 KB
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Amanda loves writing for children, tweens, teens and young adults because she's a bookworm herself and has been since she first learnt to read back in the dark ages! She just wants to share her love of books with the next generation. Amanda is a disabled chocaholic vegetarian who is allergic to dairy. How's that for summing herself up in one sentence huh? She's qualified to work with children aged 12 months to 7 years 11 months... how's that for being exact! She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, Steve, and a rescue dog, Mitzi, that she got from Evesham Dogs Trust in 2010.

Editorial Reviews

2014-04-22
This debut YA novel follows the exploits of an imaginary breed of creature called "Humirrels," a cross between squirrels and humans that lives on a cloud in the middle of the sea.The story mainly follows the adventures of two young Humirrels: Ishmael, who, like many preteen and teenage boys, is impulsive and occasionally thoughtless, and Eveowna, who is more mature and rather prim. The two go to school together and, after Ishmael finds a trap door to another land in his backyard, travel to a new land. Interspersed with these episodes are scenes of Ishmael at home, usually locking horns with his mother, who's doing her best to raise him to be a good little Humirrel. Meanwhile, there are typical childhood occurrences—getting in trouble for talking out of turn during class, fighting with a close friend, tension between parent and child. Kids and adults would find the corresponding lessons more palatable if they were coated with a bit more plot as opposed to being presented as plainly as a plate of undressed kale. Although the title implies that the novel will be of interest to teens up to 16 years old, in both style and content it seems aimed at a much younger audience. Much of the novel concerns itself with imparting the kinds of life lessons and appropriate behaviors instilled in children: obey one's elders; going to school is important; be considerate toward others' feelings; etc. Also, the text needs to be cleaned up, since commas are rather sorely abused: "At least they didn't have to swim any more, for a long while at least, they could just relax." With a lively imagination, George has clearly put a lot of time and care into crafting the Humirrel breed—for instance, when Humirrels blush, "their foreheads go a weird purple colour"—but these details are frequently inserted almost at random and not integrated into the overall narrative.A YA novel that's more didactic than entertaining.

Kirkus Reviews