Fri, 30 Jun 2006
Kiki Strike
Kirsten Miller, Kiki Strike:
Inside the Shadow City, Bloomsbury
www.kikistrike.com
'what do you want to be when you grow up?'
'Dangerous'
And, having paraphrased the question a little, we
meet the main protagonist, Kiki Strike.
The book is about a group of girls who band together
to explore the Shadow City which lies seventy feet
beneath the bustle of New York. It's a world of secret
rooms, tunnels, trap doors and danger. It's also
a world which must be protected against criminal
elements. And then there's the treasure. Fun!
The happy band includes some wildly eccentric girls
by current standards - the forger and computer
hacker, the mistress of disguise, the fixer, and the
teller of the tale - Ananka Fishbein, archivist, positive
force, and social outcast pupil of an exclusive
girl's school.
Yes, this happy band are all about thirteen and this
is primarily a book for kids. Is it readable by adults
in the way that Harry Potter is? It is probably
better written for a start. It could well be something
picked up over the summer when the urge for something
light peaks, and where a sister or daughter has
left it lying around.
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