Just another day at Laketown Elementary School. The ‘Unshushables’ are
talking, again! But not all of them, for Dave Packer is as quiet as he could
be. Not even a peep, for he has challenged himself to not talk for a day. But
during lunch he gets exasperated and breaks his vow. (Almost always happens
during teenage, right?) He challenged Lynsey Burgess to a boy’s vs
girls No Talking match. No talking to anyone and the honour system to be
maintained to prevent breaking of the rules. There Is trickery, deceit, and
silence on both sides. Will both sides be able to remain silent, or not?
I liked this book because no talking
helps us to pull out memories from the back of our head, think and reflect on
what we have done. In the book, it is said that Mahatma Gandhi used to remain
quiet for 1 day per week to think, reflect and expand his thoughts. Thus, the
importance of being silent is thoroughly explained in this book. I tried it out
myself but found that it IS quite tough to do it in actual life.
This book is an excellent motivation for budding readers. I recommend
this book to children of 10+.
THE HOWLER RATING : ★★★☆☆
by Arhant
No comments:
Post a Comment