Today’s review is from Amelia and
I am reviewing Barry and The Chronicles by Alun Barry.
About the Book
Barry encounters an evil
force of Witches intent on capturing the minds of young children with a view to
making themselves more and more powerful. Barry finds other Spiders along the
way to help him stop their plans and together they battle for the upper hand.
Throughout the story
there are constant references to The Spider Chronicles because it is a book of
instruction, philosophy and meaning whose teachings are to be both followed and
believed if good is to prevail over evil. Sometimes the content is easily
understood but it cannot always be so and readers of all ages must seek the
many messages being delivered.
The way Barry's life evolves is quickly read but hard to forget;
there are many threads to follow and weave. This story could stay with you for
years to come.
I loved this cover, it has a lot
of detail with the spider’s web all around the edges of the book and the web
looked like it was 3D with Barry still working on it.
To purchase a copy of the book follow the links below
About the author
Originating from the South Wales
Valleys, Alun Davies had a varied and extensive career including roles in the
Civil Service and international trade and accountancy practices before starting
his own business. Now retired he lives
in London with his wife and three grown up children. In his spare time he
writes music and has written original songs to accompany the release of the
animation.
To connect with the author
follow the links below
My Review
I am still reading Barry and The Chronicles
but, these are my thoughts so far. This book is about a young spider called Barry
and throughout the first couple of chapters you will learn how Barry fixes
problems. Throughout this book, I have learnt that spiders read a book called ‘The
Chronicles’ and there are rules in that book that every spider has to follow. About
one in a million have special powers and these special powers are called ‘Secrets’.
Barry has a human family and everybody in the family was scared of him.
Throughout this story Barry’s journey
progresses and you get to read different chapters of ‘The Chronicles’ and these
are some of the rules spiders have to
follow.
From what I have read so far, the
moral of this story is to not be afraid
of the appearance of things.
Along with my review, I have a short-animated episode
of the first chapter from Barry and The Chronicles. To watch this animation
just click on the link below. This is narrated
by Alun Davies (who is also the author of the book).
Check out the rest of the blog tour with these
fabulous blogs
My thanks to Alan Davies for providing me with a copy of the book and the lovely note
that accompanied it, the publishers #ClinkStreetPublishing and also Rachel for my spot on the blog tour.
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