The Cannibals, by Iain Lawrence (NEW YA Fiction)
by Marina, 7th grader
The Cannibals is an excellent book. It starts out slow in the beginning, but picks up as you go on. This group of kids are convicts and are being shipped to Australia. The main character's father is the ship's captain and everyone has different plans. His father doesn't want to bring his son to jail, and the kids have no intention of going there anyway. The two main characters are framed and not really convicts, and they've read of a place where they think is safe, and where they think they're going to escape to. But the real convicts who have it in for them try to escape first and really screw up their plans.
The book twists and turns, confuses and confounds the reader. Just when you think you have it figured out, it lets something slip and you're in the dark again. I highly recommend it. Enjoy!
