It's a must-read about Rotto.
Earlier this month we reported Denise Kirby's Body on the Rocks had won the Extensive Reading Foundation's Language Learner Literature Award for Adolescent and Adults, in the Advanced category.
Rotto Bloggo was rushed a review copy - and we can say it's gold.
All the beaches are described as beautiful (but the Basin is the most inviting); there's lots of info about lighthouses, people play Scrabble, there are bike trips out to the West End, there's bakery action - it's a tremendous book.
There are mentions of some of the great Rottnest names: Parker, Angwin, Timperley, Scanlon...
Scanlon? You'll have to read Body on the Rocks to find out more. There are also pics, a glossary, and a quiz at the end.
We're putting it on our Top Ten list of great Rotto reads. It's published in Germany by Hueber for English learners: Body on the Rocks is for a basic vocabulary of around 2000 words.
Always used to go to the Basin as kids, but looking at it again, it is quite a horrible place. The rest of the island offers much better.
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