Friday, October 2, 2015

The Boys of Fire and Ash



The Boys of Fire and Ash
Author: Meaghan McIsaac
Lexile: 730
Length: 336 Pages
Genre: Fantasy
Awards: None
The Reading Ram Star Rating: 4.5 out of 5


                  The brothers of the Ikkuma Pit have one goal, stick together. Abandoned by their mothers, these boys are all living in the fires of the pit, knowing no outside world. They know no women, for all of them were left in blankets for Big Brothers to find. Urgle has only one goal, to keep himself and his "Little Brother" Cubby safe, at least until his leaving day. All Big Brothers have a leaving day, once they come of age, and a new little brother arrives, they must leave to provide space for the young ones. Then one day, a strange man appears in their pit, an outsider. But he has the mark, and he is Ikkuman, the first big brother to return. EVER. Then Cubby disappears with the monsters the outsider was chased there by. Urgle must go to the outside world to save Cubby, and discover the truth about the Ikkuma boys, and why they were ever left by their mothers.
                  This book was, to say the least, interesting. The Ikkuma boys were very primitive, and not at all used to the outside world. It made for a strange conflict, but that was probably the point. I really liked this book though! It had an original spin on cavemen, I guess. Because that's who they were portraying, though slightly more advanced, mentally wise. I would recommend this book to 6th grade and up, it would be hard to follow for anyone in a lower grade than that. The reason I gave it 4.5 stars instead of 5, however, was that this book made too much sense. It was hard to follow, but once you got the general point of the book, it was fairly easy to read. I would still definitely try this book out! It was a very tough topic the author chose, and you should give her some credit!

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