TWITCH has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching.
On the day of the summer holidays he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere. A convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood.
Can Twitch use his talents for birdwatching in the hunt for the dangerous prisonerand find the missing loot?
MY REVIEW
Twitch is the most unusual story I have ever read. It has amazed me how the author M. G. Leonard came up with this fabulous idea for a story.
For Twitch he liked watching the birds and training his pigeons they were better than humans to him.
Twitch has enemies, he is picked on by boys because he keeps Pigeons, and chickens, he has others nesting in his garden. Also Twitch has a pair of blue tits in a nesting box with swallows that come back every year.
A man who is a stranger comes to Twitch’s rescue while some boys are dangling a worm trying to force it Twitch’s mouth. Twitch is pleased that the man who saved him is a birdwatcher like him.
You know time and time again how it’s drummed into you that you must never talk to strangers or accept sweets. This strange man takes Twitch to a sweet shop and buys Twitch some sweet and a newspaper for himself.
Can Twitch a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict ?
When Twitch is alone back in Aves Wood alone he sees a lot of police are looking for an escaped criminal from a prison. Twitch uses his bird watching skills to help catch the man who escaped prison.
Be aware there is a special mega big twist, one that I for sure didn’t see coming towards the end. I loved every page of the story of Twitch and I could clearly hear his voice as a boy character, because M. G. Leonard has an incredible way with voices in children’s stories.
I would like to thank Walker Books for sending me this wonderful page-turning book to read and review.
ABOUT AUTHOR M. G. LEONARD
M. G. Leonard is an award winning bestselling writer of children’s books, as well as a founding member of Authors4Oceans. Her books are sold in forty countries, and there is currently a TV series in development based on her Beetle Boy series. Her first picture book, The Tale of a Toothbrush, is out now. She is also co-author of the critically acclaimed Adventures on Trains series. Before becoming a writer. M. G. Leonard worked asa digital media producer for the National Theatre, The Royal Opera House and Shakespeare Globe. She lives in Brighton with her husband, two sons and pet Beetles. #TheTwitchers
The seed for this story was planted in 2016 at an entomology conference, when the author M.G Leonard met the nature journalist Megan Shersby and vet, author and TV presenter Jess French. Megan is a keen birder and she has met Jess at Birdfair a festival for birders. They suggested M. G Leonard should go to the next festival, but she protested as she knew nothing about birds. The author followed bird lovers on social media and was impressed with the knowledge and passion of young birders. All of the people that the author met were all an inspiration whilst writing this book Twitch.
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