Noah Barleywater Runs Away

BOOK NAME: Noah Barleywater Runs Away
AUTHOR: John Boyne

Hello, everyone! It’s Hunter back again to review another book.

This review is on Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne. It’s a work of fiction, with a mixture of events that could actually happen and events that could never, ever happen–like when doors and mirrors talk. In the book, an 8 year old boy named Noah runs away and meets an old man who tells Noah about his life through stories and puppets. Parts of the book are interesting because of some surprises, but other parts are kind of boring and hard to believe. I didn’t really like that the old man and his life story are supposed to be teaching Noah, and I guess the readers, a lesson because they end up sounding like a lecture instead of something to make you think about things from a different point of view. I also thought that the story was sad (remember I said there were some surprises?) and definitely not something that I think younger kids would like at all.

So I’m sorry, I can’t really recommend that you read this book. If you have to though, it’s kind of worth it because of the surprises…