TRASH: by Andy Mulligan

 

These past few weeks our class have been reading a book called "Trash". The book was written by Andy Mulligan. The book is about three boys, Raphael, Gardo and Rat / Jun Jun. The boys by mistake come across a very important find. A bag that contains lots of money and very important stuff. The boys are puzzled when the police come along and ask about the bag. But the boys say that they know nothing about it. When the police find out that the boys are up to something they hunt the boys across the whole city.

  The items in the bag are part of an investigation that involves stolen money. The boys are ahead of the police and look for clues. To lose the police the boy want to go to a different island to live away from the police. In this book Andy Mulligan really tells us about how the kids live in the Philippines. The poor kids in the Philippines live in trash. They kids collect trash and sell it for a living. It is sad to know how the kids live in poverty in places like the Philippines. 

We drew alternate covers for Trash and will enter a competition.  'One of the most exiting and original novels of the year' - Daily Mail, 'A brilliant book' - John Boyne, author of The Boy in the striped Pyjamas. 

The reason why we are reading this book is because it is part of the one book one community project. We do this every year. The whole community comes together and reads a book. And this year we are reading Trash. 

 

By Adam