Tom's Amazing Machine

There's plenty of swift action and tight plotting in this amusing tale of one boy and his computer Zenda, whose relationship becomes an affecting friendship, largely due to the machine's amazing capabilities, including the power of speech and even a sense of humour! The havoc and incident that this duo cause at home and at school in just a few days prior to Guy Fawkes Night should entertain even the most reluctant boys and ought to entice the computer buffs away from tele-print and into print on paper. I'm already consulting colleagues on its suitability for a lower secondary class reader; it'll read aloud well and serialise well.