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Anne-So "Echos de Mots", youth literary blogger and contributor to the
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Books reading group, recommends
The Giant Squid Club: The Incredible Crew of the Pufferfish
by Alex Bell, published on March 24, 2022 by Éditions Gallimard Youth.
His favorite quote:
Ursula had told the truth when she told Joe of her love for the place. She knew that the Jungle Cat Club had established its quarters in a gigantic perched hut, that the Polar Bear Club lodged in a huge igloo. She didn't know exactly where the Golden Jackal Club or the Celestial Phoenix Club was, but it didn't matter because, in her opinion, they couldn't possibly compete with the Giant Squid's headquarters.
Why this book?
Because
The Incredible Puffer Fish Crew
is the first book
in Alex Bell
's The Giant Squid Club
trilogy .
If you liked
The Polar Bear Club
trilogy , you'll love this new series, but it's also entirely possible to jump into the adventures of Ursula Jellyfin and her friends without having already discovered the universe created by the author.
And what a universe!
Because here we meet the young Ursula Jellyfin, an orphan
and an engineer in training for the Compagnie Maritime des Mers du Sud.
The young girl dreams of one day becoming an explorer even if the club still refuses women for this position.
However, it may well be that her dreams of adventure materialize in a very unfortunate context: Scarlett Sauvage, also called The Collector, will manage to steal the island and all its inhabitants to lock them in a miniature globe and will manage to escape. escape with.
Because Ursula is lucky to escape this attack
just like three other teenagers.
Jay is a young explorer proudly displaying his many medals and loving to respect the rules established by the adults.
Jennie, her little sister, dreams of becoming an explorer just like Ursula and is a whisperer, meaning she can communicate with a breed of animal... and not just any breed!
Max is a young inventor who loves robotics but was kicked out of the Giant Squid Club for some unknown reason.
Because Ursula will have to reveal to everyone a secret that she
has always kept: she is half-human, half-mermaid.
Unfortunately, these creatures are hated by explorers, as evidenced by the mermaid's tail exposed to everyone's eyes and nailed to a wall in the Club... The quartet will have to get to know each other, overcome each other's prejudices and trust each other. to save their Club and find their common enemy.
Together they will embark on board the Poisson-Globe, a submarine, and will discover unexplored seabeds.
Because this volume is the first in a mind-blowing youth series.
In a colorful and extraordinary aquatic universe filled with sometimes magnificent sometimes terrifying creatures, the author offers us an adventure full of wonders and twists.
The trip is as hectic as it is exotic and embellished with superb illustrations by Tomislav Tomić.
Long live the sequel!
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Ursula, half-human, half-mermaid, will board a submarine, the Puffer Fish with three other heroes to save the Giant Squid Club which is her home and the place she loves the most.
Dangers lie in wait but our brave heroes are ready to live incredible adventures.
Characters.
Ursula the half-mermaid, Jay the explorer, Jennie the whisperer and Max the inventor are the heroes of this novel and will build a beautiful friendship based on trust and their desire to do what is right.
Places.
The novel begins in the middle of the Jelly Blue Sea, on Turtle Island, at the Giant Squid Club, and continues aboard Pufferfish across the Voltic Sea towards the Bullous Ocean.
The time.
The story is set three months after the adventures of Stella Floccus Pearl in
The Polar Bear Club
trilogy .
The author.
Alex Bell is a British author and lawyer.
She currently lives in Hampshire, England, where she is an adviser for the Citizens Advice Bureau.
This book was read with
pleasure by Anne-So Echos de Mots, blogger specializing in children's and teenage literature.
“For me, reading can be as much a personal pleasure in which one runs to take refuge as an excuse to discuss and meet other readers.
I am a lover of words always interested in new discoveries.
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