The Big Bazoohley

Sam's a little nervous. His parents have checked into a really expensive hotel, and Sam knows that they can't afford to pay the bill - unless his mother manages to sell the painting that she has just finished. She thinks she has a buyer, but when she goes off to the buyer's address she is puzzled to find that it doesn't exist. The mysterious Mr de Vere, who she has dealt with before, must have moved without telling her.Sam's father is a gambler. Sometimes he does well and they live comfortably. Sometimes he loses and they live on peanut butter sandwiches and milk. They're in a bit of a peanut butter period at the moment. When they arrived at King Redward hotel they heard about the perfecto Kiddo competition it was quite tempting for Sam he wanted to win the competition he could win 100,000 dollars. Sam thought this was great and he could make his way and win the competition. The night before the competition Sam had sleep walked out of the room he was staying in with his mother and father and was kidnapped by this Muriel and George. There was bad news their kid had occured with the chicken pox and he was all covered with spots. Their were some spots here and there they were everywhere. He was named Wilfrid and he was glad to be in bed because he did not want to travell around the world winning a big amount of money and everyone making a big great fuss that he has won the grand contest. But i think that Muriel wanted Sam to win so all the preparation was for Sam he had to be washed and scrubbed and Muriel had scrubbed him until he looked like a gorgeous little boy. After all the preparation he was glowing like the sun.

About the author Peter Carey:
This book is the first childrens book Peter Carey he writes adults books to like many other authors. His full name is Peter Philip Carey he was born on 7 th May 1943 at the age of 68 he was dead. Peter is an Australian novelist and short story writer. He won his first in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda, and won for the second time in 2001 with True History of the Kelly Gang. In May 2008 he was also nominated for the "Best of the Booker Prize".Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times. Peter Carey also has an official website click here to enter the official website of Peter Philip Carey in this website there are many things about Carey.

The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey

This is the first book I have read by Peter Carey and it was a very very good one, I would like to read others by him. I think he is very famous as well. We have currently read this book The Big Bazoohley in class and we finished it about four or five weekes after the October break (which means holidays). It was our class book and Mr.Gregg read it to us. I really enjoyed it very much and I hope all of the other students in the class enjoyed it too.

It was about a boy named San Kellow who was the main character. His father was a gambler so therefore the Kellow family lost quite a bit of their money, but Sam's mother painted pictures and sold them, she was an artist so they got back their money. They were staying at King Redward Hotel when a Perfecto Kiddo Competition took place. The prize was quite a big amount of money and secretly Sam wanted to win it so he took place in it.

The night before the competition Sam had slept; then sleep-walked out of the apartement he was staying in with his mother and father and was kidnapped by this Mad Muriel and Droopy George as Peter Carey called them. Muriel and George had won all of the other Perfecto competitions that took place in other parts of the world. There had been a disaster: their kid had come down with the chicken pox and he was all covered with spots, their were some spots here and some spots there they were everywhere. He was named Wilfrid and he was glad to be in bed because he did not particually want to go around the world winning a big amount of money; it made him sad and tired. But now he was satisfied with his life, it was fine. But it was not for Sam: he had to be washed and scrubbed till his very dirty body sparkled like, well, like the sun and stars, mostly like the stars.

Peter Carey
I think Peter Carey is famous as well just like Enid Blyton my favourite author. He was famous but not as much as Enid Blyton, no one could ever be more famouser than Enid Blyton. I shall be looking forward to reading another bookof Peter Carey's.

Thank you for reading this post. I enjoyed writing it and I hope you really enjoyed reading it as well. Did you like my comment of The Adventure series? I hope you did. Did you? Thank you again.

Claudia