At the end of the book Tabitha asked if the author had more we could buy so that's a pretty good endorsement!

The book opens with quite a long football section, which nearly put us off. I did wind up going "blah blah, he scored a goal" because none of us are into football and Fox was complaining of boredom! If you share our absolute hatred of sports don't let it deter you. It doesn't happen again.
The book then trauma dumps on us for a bit before we get into the fun of children doing irresponsible things. At points it reminds me of Blyton's Adventure series but without all the racism, which is nice.
I really liked how the friendship between the two children developed through the story. I also appreciated that when they talked about feelings it was clear that they felt awkward, and the conversations were believable as being how children might actually speak. The story dealt really well with how trauma can affect people and the importance of checking in with your friends. It never got too heavy though because at the same time they were doing weird challenges to win an island! 

Fox is off school and when asked for review thoughts said: "It was very nice. Good book."