5-Star REVIEW OF 'MISTER RAINBOW' BY VICKI CASE, ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S TOP POETS
Captivating
story of youth; adventure & courage 17 May 2016
By Vicki
CASE - Published on Amazon.com
Format:
Kindle Edition
Award-winning
Australian author; Clancy Tucker; has done it yet again with Mister Rainbow.
Clancy captures the essence of Australia & Australians beautifully in this
book.
Toby & Maddie are two young kids growing up in an Australian country town. Their days are spent together enjoying all the beauty & serenity their environment has to offer.
Then their paradise comes crashing down; people become sick & some die. Fish in the river die in the hundreds. Everyone is in a quandary to understand why. Then; whilst his friend Maddie is ill; Toby stumbles on the cause. Unscrupulous people are pumping toxic waste into the river. The town reservoir is polluted; together with the river & wildlife.
Toby; who is initially disbelieved; seeks help from people he has met along the way & finds it.
Mister Rainbow captivated me from the very beginning & my intrigue was held until the very end. I didn't want to put this book down; desperate to see where it; and these young kids; would take me next.
Purchase Mister Rainbow today and enjoy this incredible story. I highly recommend Mister Rainbow to people of all ages.
Toby & Maddie are two young kids growing up in an Australian country town. Their days are spent together enjoying all the beauty & serenity their environment has to offer.
Then their paradise comes crashing down; people become sick & some die. Fish in the river die in the hundreds. Everyone is in a quandary to understand why. Then; whilst his friend Maddie is ill; Toby stumbles on the cause. Unscrupulous people are pumping toxic waste into the river. The town reservoir is polluted; together with the river & wildlife.
Toby; who is initially disbelieved; seeks help from people he has met along the way & finds it.
Mister Rainbow captivated me from the very beginning & my intrigue was held until the very end. I didn't want to put this book down; desperate to see where it; and these young kids; would take me next.
Purchase Mister Rainbow today and enjoy this incredible story. I highly recommend Mister Rainbow to people of all ages.
REVIEW of MISTER RAINBOW by BUZZWORDS BOOKS MAGAZINE - APRIL 2016
Mister Rainbow by Clancy Tucker (Clancy Tucker Publishing)
PB RRP $15.00 plus $3.00 postage
($6.00 for overseas post) E-book $3.00
ISBN 9780646938943
Reviewed by Anastasia Gonis
Multi-talented Clancy Tucker’s
second novella calls attention to environmental polluting, issues facing return
soldiers specifically those of the Vietnam War, and the bonds of friendship. These
three themes are strung cleverly together to form an adventure story with a
fishing background. Clancy, a vigorous champion of disregarded causes, again
presents points of importance through a strong narrative.
Dead fish have been found
floating in the river and the EPA is collecting samples of the water. Toby and
Maddie are fishing partners and this is cause for concern as they have just
lost a friend to what the locals are calling Mill Flu.
Toby is smart and resourceful;
curious and an adventurer. There are places that are out-of-bounds to the two
children because they hold dangers. Toby is careful but is challenged by
limitations. On one of their fishing trips they venture into a forbidden area
with traumatic results.
Johan Bolt is an old loner. Few
people know anything about him as he lives in an old shack close to the river
with minimal material possessions. It is to him that Toby runs for help when
Maddie falls into the river and Bolt saves her life. They keep this happening a
secret, but Maddie becomes seriously ill as a repercussion of ingesting
polluted water.
A string of events brings the
three characters together after Toby finds Bolt unconscious behind the shack,
and with quick thinking, saves the old man’s life. He discovers secrets about
Bolt that have been kept for years and that leave him ‘gob smacked’. His
ingenious mind is always turning up new and sensible ideas. This, combined with
his discovery about Bolt, will change all their lives for the better.
A terrific read that skips along
quickly. It will suit reluctant readers, mostly boys, and others from 8-80 as
the chapters are compact and the story fast-paced, intense and full of action.
All Clancy Tucker’s books can be purchased via his daily Blog.
:http://clancytucker.blogspot.com.au/ or through Morris Publishing Australia http://www.morrispublishingaustralia.com/
All the photographs on covers and within the books
are taken by Clancy Tucker.
Anastasia Gonis
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