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The Far-Out Five: Snot Jelly Island

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Book Synopsis

Our world got flipped, turned upside down, when the funfair came to town…

One funfair, a group of kids and one grumpy amateur magician… plus one magical mega tornado equals
The Far-Out Five! Stewart, Sophie, Zainab and Jeffrey – and the Great Waldini – are magically transformed into strange creatures and whisked far away from home – and the wand that could change them back is LOST!
This madcap team of adventurers includes Spewnicorn, a punk unicorn who vomits rainbows; Wally, a pompous and cowardly koala; Tubbs, a walking bathtub; Bloof, a blue-footed booby; and Glossy Jeff, a really chilled-out seal.
Sailing across the ocean in Tubbs the bathtub, the Far-Out Five have to face bizarre creatures, weird landscapes and mysterious tasks on their quest as they try to find Wally’s missing wand and get back home. Can they escape the wobbly statues of Snot Jelly Island?

Our Review Panel says...

The Far-Out Five, Jelly Snot Island, is a wonderful Graphic Novel. The story follows four friends who go to watch a magic show because the magician is so bad at magic that it makes it funny. The magician finally manages to do some magic, which results in the four friends and the magician being transformed into a unicorn, a wallaby, a bathtub, a goose and a seal!

The group is travelling around magical worlds, helping different people to defeat evil monsters while trying to find the magician’s wand to enable them to change back and return home.

This is a brilliant book for children in Years Three to Five. The fantastic illustrations bring the story to life. This would be a brilliant book for reluctant readers to encourage them to read a longer story. As the first in the series, it may encourage them to read more once it is finished.

This book could be a great stimulus for children to make their own fantasy world with a monster that needs defeating. Children would enjoy writing or creating the next adventure for these friends.