Tom Trueheart by Ian Beck is good because it explains how stories are made in the eye of the author, as well as being a story in itself. It focuses on Fairy Tales.

The protagonist is called Tom Trueheart, who is the youngest of six brothers, all named variations of 'Jack' e.g Jacquot, Jacques, Jackie.

They complete stories set by the Story Bureau, which Brother Ormestone, who has turned evil, wants to complete himself.

The brothers are the main characters in the fairy stories. For example, Simple Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Frog Prince, The Handsome Prince in Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.

The key thing that happens to all the brothers is that they all get chloroformed on their adventures at the moment when they are about to complete the story, i.e when the princess is about to kiss the frog.

Tom's role is to find out where Brother Ormestone is keeping his brothers and rescue them, but Brother Ormestone has another trick up his sleeve……

I like it because it is remaking classic stories that everyone knows about in a new way. It is written in a cliff-hanger way which makes it interesting as it is a page-turner.

It is an easy read. It is very well written. The descriptions are very simple yet tell you a lot about the characters. It has maps in it so you can follow through the adventures of Tom Trueheart and his brothers.

The story has a brilliant ending. There should definitely be a sequel about where they find his father, who is missing for the whole book.

Book Review: 9/10, because there is no sequel yet.

This book is suitable reading for someone from the age of 5, but you can read it to yourself at about the age of 7 onwards.

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