Review: Environmental Novel Teaches While It Entertains
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
"Greenland Games" is a novel about an environmental crisis that many probably aren't even aware of--the disappearance of bees and butterflies and the subsequent effect on plant-life and the environment as a whole. The author alternates chapters between the bee's point of view (a personified bee named Bugsbee, who is both brave and yet confused about human's encroachment into his world) and the point of view of a journalist trying to warn the public about the consequences of a world with no bees or butterflies.This is an engaging novel that can be enjoyed by adults and older children alike; it's both an adventure story (as Bugsbee tries to understand planes and pesticides) and a suspense story (as Albert and Julia fight to uncover corruption that involves the mob and the government). "Greenland Games" is educational and wraps its message in a good story.