I picked up this book from my local library. I quite liked the last Buster Bayliss book I read (Day of the Hamster), so was quite looking forward to it. This adventure begins with a parody of Time Team, which may not really work for kids or at least kids outside the UK. For those not sure, Time Team is a programme on the telly where archeologists finally get a little cool!Buster Bayliss is a young lad who keeps landing in situations where he has to save the world from certain doom. In this adventure, a bunch of TV archeologists working on an ancient burial mound unearth the spirit of the Winter King. Buster must use all his wit and cunning to defeat the evil spirit before winter takes over the world.
The book, I thought, was a good one. It was a little slow to begin with and had a less than subtle, environmental message. Once the story got going, however, it was quite the page turner. Funny in places, laugh out loud in others. I enjoyed it.
The Buster Bayliss novels are aimed at the younger end of the market. Philip Reeve also writes the award winning "Mortal Engines" series of books.
Buster Bayliss: The Big Freeze by Philip Reeve.
ISBN: 0-439-95570-X
Published by Scholastic.
Price: £4.99.
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