Kids into Books: Trailblazers!

Author: Elizabeth Pulford

Illustrator: John Bennett

Publisher: Shortland Publications, $7.80

Age group: 10-12 years


"We're not going to be saving us," I explain. "It's for the kids who had that flood they've been talking about on the news." I kick at a stone on the footpath. "Besides, we don't want Room Three to win."

Joel makes a sad face. "They're going to win anyway."

He's right, I know that. The whole world knows that Room Three always wins everything. Room Three always makes the most money when we do this kind of stuff. But, still, you've got to hope. There's bound to be a first time they don't win something.

Joel interrupts my thoughts.

"Do you know how many kids were in that flood?" Joel asks.

"No."

"Then how are we going to know how far we've got to walk, if we don't know how many kids we need to save?"