Julia Donaldson is usually associated with the Gruffalo but his book couldn't be more different. It isn't aimed at young children but it is aimed at 12 and upwards which was something that I didn't know that she did! It was very different to anything else I read.

Basically what happens is that a girl called Leonora Chan, whose parents have died in a plane crash, decides to run away from her Auntie and Uncles because she doesn't think that she belongs there and trys to find her Chinese grandparents who live in Glasgow. While she is looking for them she finds a boy who is getting into a lot of trouble at school because he is always late and he helps Leo find her grandparents - but all she knows is that their surname is Chan and they used to own a Chinese restaurant. While all this is happening her uncle is desparately trying to find her himself and she really dosen't want to go back to his house.

I would have to give this 10/10 because of all the cliff hangers and the way it is written. I have alredy lent it to someone and recommened it to my mum!

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