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Scavengers

Darren Simpson

Scavengers

Subjects

  • Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after

Average rating

4 out 5

13 reviews

Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition - follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THE WALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.

Reviews

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It was better than I thought, an amazing book.

Director Birthday-cake Pudding-Basin 12.09.2023

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Got me wanting to explore the world and touched me to the core

ArhatJ 07.08.2023

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I thought the book to be strangley fascinating, and fun. I really enjoyed this book.

Captain Daffodil Spaghetti-Hoops 03.08.2023

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This was a great book, and it may surprise you!

Mademoiselle Esmerelda Shortbread 11.09.2021

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Its a fictional book and my favourite character is landfill who is just like Mogly the jungle boy. So much familiar yet interesting

King Race-car Bonsai 24.08.2021

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interesting

Anonymous 28.07.2021

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It was a good book. It was a fiction.The character that I liked best was Landfill. I strongly recommend it to others.

Anonymous 09.11.2019

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This book is filled with unexpected discoveries and twist. Many names used in this book left me in a confused and annoyed state. But when I realised that all these names belong to authors who the best of their times , it impressed me. Land fill lived his whole life as a scavenger and Babagoo has always been there to Gaurd him . Land fill longs to venture outside the walls and to discover things beyond Hinderland.

Anonymous 02.11.2019

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The book is about a boy called Landfill who's lived his whole life as a scavenger. He was found as a baby and raised by an old man, Babagoo. The story follows Landfill as he makes a friend with an 'outsider'. Landfill is very unsure of this friendship as he has never experienced anything like it. Wow! What a massive emotional rollercoaster ride of a book. I think I pretty much cried for the last 2 chapters of the book. I think the last 4 chapters changed everything for me. There are so many twists and turns, and each one is brilliant. This is ridiculously well written book and I loved reading every minute of it. I found myself frustrated, sad, angry, happy and sometimes all within a short space of time. I think the character I most relate to is Dawn because she constantly wants to help Landfill, she's very caring and adventurous. It completely peaked my curiosity and I couldn't put it down. I'd reread it in a heart beat but I just need a minute to process everything before I dive back in! That ending, was beautiful and sad. The blurb does not do this book justice.

Anonymous 22.07.2019

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