Krindlekrax - Philip Ridley

My nine year old granddaughter borrowed Krindlekrax from her school library recently and I liked the cover of it so much that I had a quick nose through on Saturday evening when she'd gone to bed, I enjoyed what I read so much that I spent the rest of the night reading the book and really got into the story. The basic plot revolves around Ruskin Splinter. Ruskin dreams of being a famous actor and is auditioning to play the hero in his school play, the problem is he is a small thin boy with a shock of orange hair and no-one can imagine him battling a dragon. He is about to be looked over in favour of the more heroic Elvis when the Krindlekrax starts stirring ...  Read the complete review