Book Review- 'So Much to Tell You'

Task: Write a 100 word review of a wide reading novel you have read this term and your thought and evalutaion on this for future readers.

‘So Much to tell you' is a book written by John Marsden about a fourteen year old girl called Marina. The book is presented as a Marina’s diary as she herself doe’s not talk, and so this is how the reader gets an insight into her world.

Marina has a scarred face due to acid that was thrown on her face by her father. Whilst at Hospital recovering she refuses to talk to anyone so she is sent to a Boarding School for a chance for her to communicate again. But even then her silence goes on until her English teacher gives her class journals to write in. Maria starts to write the journal and we get an insight into her world. Marina goes from not interacting at all, to opening up and socializing, as well as communicating. As the book goes on, Marina's uncertain feelings towards her father fade away. In the end of the book she goes to see him, and speaks the only words she says in the entire book: "Hello, Dad," and "I've got so much to tell you..."

Evaluation: 8.5/10. The book had good characters and was well written which kept the reader wanting to keep reading. It had a good plot that was based on a true story and was written about an Australian school so I could put myself in the character shoes, in terms of the schooling system. ‘So Much to tell you' written by John Marsden is an excellent book and it recommended for all ages thirteen years and over.