Review: An interactive experience, and lots of entertainment, fun and adventures, for sure!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
This is not your everyday traditional story because of its interactive experience. The reader is put in the hot seat and gets to makes the decisions, which will shape the story. In this way you get to decide how the story finishes. In this story you are invited to New Zealand to spend your school holidays on an Island called Arapawa, with your cousins, Stella and Max. It has been arranged that you will all stay with Aunt Maddy, on the Island. But guess what? It doesn't turn out to be as simple as that!  The fun, entertainment and surprises quickly kick-in! To make things even more interesting, at certain points in the story, you'll have to make the next decision, by choosing one of the two hyper-links, in-order to continue..Depending on your choices, you can expect to encounter; a missing Tuatara from a sanctuary, dolphins, a secret trapdoor, secret caves, forgers, a giant squid, a castaway,  perhaps some kidnapping? maybe even a Dinosaur? But for certain, lots of great adventures!It's all very entertaining, and possibly without even realizing it, you are also given a historical and educational insight into the lifestyle on Arapawa Island, both past and present.This story is very well written and has been recommended for readers aged nine and above.I really enjoyed this book and can highly recommend it.Don't forget to visit: [http://pinterest.com/debzeb/once-upon-an-island] - to see pictures and to get an insight into what inspired the author D M Potter, to write this amazing story.