This story, written by Frank Morelli is a mystery and the reader is immediately immersed in the plot from the first few pages. This is because the starts with action almost immediately. One thousand dollars are stolen from the students gallery. This money was meant to be donated to children in Africa so that they would have enough drinking water for six weeks. The story is narrated through the eyes of two investigative journalists, Tony Morello and Liberty, aka Libby. Tony writes for the Roar while Libby, a previous member of the Roar, started her own newspaper, entitled the Rebel Yell.The mystery of who stole the one thousand dollars unravels in the last few pages of the book, and we also get to know the part that Libby and Tony played so that the money was stolen.
This book teaches us about teamwork and cooperation, because
the mystery was solves when libby and tony joined efforts, and stopped writing
against each other. The role of truth in journalism and how one must be true to
oneself when writing for a newspaper and feeding the masses information. It
teaches the reader to be ethical, and that one is true to oneself, so that the
common good is reached. The book gives us a glimpse on the world of teenagers
and how, sometimes it is very hard for them. In fact, Tony is a very hands-on
brother to his seven year old twin siblings. There is a never a mention of the
father in his household. Likewise, Libby only lives with her father. The latter
had described her mum as a ‘lost cause’.
Through this mystery story Morelli has manages to give us an
insight of today’s school life and the machinations to go on within a school.
Besides, the values mentioned above, the story is also very interesting, and so
I highly recommend this book.
Loved it! Thank you so much! :*
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