Wendington Jones and The Missing Tree

LoveReading4Kids Says

Laden with lashings of 1920s atmosphere, Wendington Jones and the Missing Tree presents an action-packed adventure with a unique voice, courtesy of its wonderful, one-of-a-kind orphaned protagonist.   

Packed with peril and pitch-perfect period atmosphere, Wendington’s brave and noble quest to solve the potentially miraculous Tree of Life mystery her deceased “globetrotting swashbuckler” mother had been researching sings with stand-out storytelling.  

Wendington certainly seems to have inherited much from her mother - an adventuress anthropologist who’d “swum with manatees, dined with rajas, and seen the sun rise on four continents”. A woman who “was her daughter’s idol”. I adored Wendington’s voice, her wit, and confidence, and the way her usually indomitable spirit was sometimes dappled with doubt and the anger of grief, such as when she feels “a deep hatred, born out of feeling lost, helpless and betrayed”.  

Thrilling, moving and amusing as Wendington outwits multiple enemies while struggling with tremendous grief, this smart, twisty mystery comes recommended for all adventure- loving 9+-year-olds, grown-ups included.

Joanne Owen

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