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Yomi and the Curse of Grootslang is an exciting mix of magic, adventure and facts. A five star read that sees Yomi and her brother travel to South Africa to seek Moon magic.
The book is about a girl called Yomi and her brother Kay who have journeyed to South Africa to find out more about a type of moon magic. They have discovered how much power it holds and they want to use it to help stop the beast hunters from killing the beasts that live in Africa. When they reach South Africa they get told that they are needed in a crew of people to try and break a curse that was set by a creature called Grootslang that is part elephant and part snake. The curse is that when anyone sets foot in an abandoned village, they will sink into the earth. When one of their drones gets trapped in the village, so they had to go in and save it. Then the village sinks down into the earth at midnight and Grootslang came.
Everyone had to run from their camp as Grootslang came along to see who triggered the curse. Then Yomi and Kay escaped in an inflatable boat with some of the children, and found a BSL tower called the Helix and took some stuff from it so they could survive in the desert. They sheltered from a sandstorm in a cave, but soon found out it was Grootslang's cave containing hundreds of gems. They tried to seek the tusk diamond which was the only way to break the curse.
I love this book so much and I give it five out of five stars. It would be a good book for any adventurous reader who enjoys fantasy and fact books merged together.
This book is curstastic.
Yomi and her friends set out on a big adventure to discover the secrets of a South African legend. This story follows them meeting amazing creatures and discovering an old curse- will they be able to break this once and for all? The book is curstastic and really enjoyable. It was brilliant to read book set abroad, letting the reader learn a little bit about a different culture. The book is written well for a 7 year old to read independently. There is a full series of these books waiting discovery.