I received an review audiobook from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. It has not affected my opinions.
Genre: Sci-Fi Age Range: MG Star Rating: 4 stars Series: first book
Blurb:
Nothing exciting ever happens on twelve-year-old Danny’s estate. That is until he falls through a locker in his grandad’s workshop and finds himself in an Interdimensional Lost Property Office! And – even weirder – his new boss is a giant purple squid on a segway!
Now Danny, best mate Modge and annoying cousin Inaaya find themselves in charge of returning alien items to all corners of the universe. But someone – or something – is determined to stop them. And there’s NOTHING these evil aliens won’t stop at to achieve complete multi-dimensional domination . . . even trapping Danny and his friends on a planet a million light years away from Earth.
If the fate of the entire multiverse was in your hands, what would YOU do?
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Review:
INTERDIMENSIONAL EXPLORERS is the start of a multi-verse adventure for children.
I loved that the book is not about kids finding themselves part of some interdimensional baddie-fighting-force but a complex lost and found department. Not only is it a really different job to have in fiction but it’s also celebrating the sort of jobs that often get overlooked. And despite this less obviously heroic job, the kids save the day using their wits and lost-and-found skills to the best of the abilities.
And while they’re doing all of that? Well, they get to explore the multiverse. We have wild and wacky worlds here, full of imagination and brilliant creatures. I look forward to exploring more worlds in books to come.
Danny, the narrator, is a mixed-race kid from a council estate, which is so nice to see in a book. This is a book that takes the stereotypes about council estates and explores the reality – the lack of council investment in services, the communities living there, and more. I grew up at the intersection of two estates, with another two really close by, and it just felt like my neighbourhood.
Adonis Siddique takes the book (written with such voice – you can hear the kid coming across so clearly) and brings it to life. Danny, Modge, and Inaaya all have their own accents, and I loved hearing it celebrate a part of life that’s often ignored or looked down on.
This is a strong start to the series, with more instalments to come!
Sifa Elizabeth Reads 