Stranded+in+Boringsville.

__Stranded in Boringsville__ is about a girl named Rain who moves out of the city into a small town in Australia. She has to move out of the city because her parents split up. She moves into her Grandma's old house in the small town. She and her mom begin to fix the house up and discover a possum living in their rafters. They have to build a possum house in the backyard and Daniel says his mom is a great carpenter. His mom comes over and they become friends. Rain teaches Daniel about Fridge Poetry and Daniel teaches her about Star Trek and chess. Rain goes to her dad on the weekends. Her dad's girlfriend's name is Julia. Rain doesn't like Julia because she thinks Julia doesn't care about her. Rain goes home and they start school. Daniel isn't very liked at school and Rain isn't liked either because she is friends with Daniel. They both hate school because of this. They go platypus hunting with Daniel's father. They see a platypus and everyone is happy. Daniel gets sick and Rain begins to be liked at school. Rain goes back to her dad and they all go to the zoo. Julia enjoys it and Rain likes Julia better. They go to see Daniel in the hospital and they get there too late. Eventually Julia takes Rain back and they get there on time. Julia likes Daniel because they are both Trekkies (Star Trek fans). At their school, Rain and Madison start a Star Trek club. They make Daniel the President and everyone wants to join it. Daniel recovers and they are liked better at school.

The culture and way of doing things isn't very different from the United States. For example, we both talk the same language. The house that they purchased didn't have heat, they used a stove. They say mum instead of mom. They eat the same food and their schools are almost the same as ours. -Colton

I kind of liked this book. I liked this book because it was realistic. I also liked this book because it took place in a kind of town very similar to ours. I didn't like this book because it had almost no action. I also didn't like this book because it ends "happily every after". Everyone becomes friends and Daniel overcomes the disease!!! This book wasn't slow, but it wasn't fast either. This book is short and I would recommend it to some people. -Colton