5/11/2023 0 Comments The book of lost and found reviewImportant information about the past, traditional stories and legends, and the magical elements of the book, are recounted as short stories. The backstory and colourful world building throughout is fantastic, and creatively woven into the text through engaging narrative styles. Moonchild Voyage of the Lost and Found by Aisha Bushby and Rachael DeanĪt moments like this, of heightened tension, the narrator will pull you out of the drama in page-turn-inducing style. Rachael Dean’s illustration is so powerful. So, when Namir really is lost, you feel all the feels. Straight away their powerful connection is established, and we see that Amira would go to the ends of the Earth for him. The thunderous waves nearly cause her to lose her beloved Jinni, Namur, her spirit companion who takes the form of a cat, especially when Amira feels angry. We first meet 12-year-old Amira during a terrifying storm that badly damages the dhow she lives on with her two sea-witch mothers, Jamila and Dunya. You can go with her to Sahar Peninsula it is just beyond the horizon. When Amira loses her Jinni she must voyage to a place where lost things can be found. Today’s spotlight is firmly shining on a captivating middle grade book, Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found by Aisha Bushby, with illustrations by Rachael Dean.
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