NZ Writer & Illustrator
Johanna Knox, illustrated by Sabrina Malcolm
The Sundew Stalks
Book Two in The Fly Papers series
Hinterlands 2013 $23.00pb 173pp
ISBN 978
0 4732 2663 3
Themes: Carnivorous
plants/ Genetic engineering/ Protection of the environment / Wrestling
Zany characters, including a set of carnivorous plants with personalities of their own,
an outrageously over the top but still totally believable plot and a wicked
sense of humour are the components of this book. Tora de Ronde, plus characters from the first book, leads a full on life of excitement and adventure as she battles scheming wrestlers, tries to rescue the plants and to help a scientist in great danger. An easy to read, accessible
writing style make Johanna Knox’s Fly
Paper series one that children from around nine to intermediate level will really
latch into. The illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm match the text perfectly and
the whole production has a feeling of careful planning and quality. The next book in the series, The Aldrovanda Turns is promised
‘soon’. As far as I know there are
six more books to come…
Year 5 up/ Age 9 up
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