The Black Dog Gang
October 21, 2009
Author: Robert Newton
I read this book within approxamatily 5 hours i will admit it was very short but it was very good all the same. In this book there is a yooung boy Frankie aka Francies which whom the storey is based around or to be more precise he is the one that is telling the storey.
About the Book: Frankie lives in a place called the rocks in sydney at around the time of 1900, He is pretty much just a young boy that has no friends untill a kid moves next door and in the end they become best friends. Rats are a big problem at this time and the goverment have declared that every rat that is court will earn that person a sixpence so Frankie and hes friend form The Black Dog gang and decided that they will catch them and then bread them, BUT this is not all that happens and there are some unexpected twists that happen and i will not be the one to spoil it so if you want to happen to these boys this is the book for you!!!!!
Rating: 8/10 But only because i…… na not going to tell you
Hayden
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sarahbn27 | October 25th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
I, too, loved this book -I loved the history and the themes of bullying and conflicts at home. The ending was disappointing but only because I didn’t want the story to end and I wanted to know what happened to Mike!! I would recommend this book to Year 7-9 and in particular to boys – I think this is a great story of 2 boys. There’s something about a story where the protagonist is a child. It’s easier to put yourself in their shoes!! Five stars!!