Kid’s Book Review: Dark Peak Written by Marcus Sedgwick. Reviewed by Sam, Age 11

This book is in a collection of books called “super-readable rollercoasters”, and this story lived up to its name. I really enjoyed this book and I found it hard to put down once I got into it. The author set a great scene and the plot is very intense.
On a school trip two children, who are quite the opposite of each other, go missing. Stephanie the popular girl and Stephen the loner. The story is about trust and will they be found and why does nobody seem to care about Stephen Greene?

The main character is called Porter Fox and I thought that he seemed quite ordinary, but he did not seem to have many friends, he is quite an outsider. As the tension builds in the story I thought he was quite brave. He braved the elements in a thunderstorm and I found it quite scary when he came across the dead fox that looked like it was a warning.

I thought that all the characters were really well described and I felt like I could imagine exactly what they were like. From the bully who we then discover why he behaves the way he does to Sam, Porter’s friend, who tries to be funny all the time to cover his sadness.
When I finished reading the story I felt like there was still a lot of questions still unanswered. I felt relieved that everyone was safe at the end of the book.

At the end of the book there was some great information about the background of the novel, the characters, some suggestions of what to read next, some talking points, a quiz and a glossary. This was really useful for thinking about what I had just read.