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I implore you to enter the enthralling world of Floodland. Marcus Sedgwick's enticing book takes you to another world, one that's captivating plot line and linguistic features makes it almost impossible to escape until you read it the whole way through.

The post-apocalyptic genre sees England flooded and Norwich an island. From this alone,you must be able to sense the drama. Zoe, a diligent girl and inhabitant of the island, must flee on her boat Lyca before her island is submerged beneath the waves. She makes it a quest to find her beloved parents,who were evacuated many months before. She landed on a ominous island, with even stranger natives...

This book is a must-read! Don't you want to find out what happens to Zoe? Two chapters into the book and me myself cannot comprehend the sense of awe and wonder I feel from reading it. My eyes were fixed to the book like glue. The intrigue suspense is beyond bounds. With such a gripping story like this, it is almost inevitable not to stop and wonder what happens next( unless you have read the whole story of course).

The author- Marcus Sedgwick- gives a native dialect to the residents of Eels Island, the island that Zoe lands on. The Eels, as they are known, use words like scrag, which most probably means harm. Dooby, the machiavellion boy-king of the Eels, has a plan to flee the island with Zoe, but will he actually? Or will he scrag her like the vindictive boy that he is?

I recommend this book to you and anyone else that likes thought-provoking, what's-going-to-happen-next novels.

Reviewed by Nathaniel C.(10)