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    Oct 06, 2021 5 minutes

    City of Rust by Gemma Fowler

    Chicken House, £6.99

    Review by Jake, age ten

    I really enjoyed reading City of Rust because it was a definite page-turner and the storyline was fast-paced and intense. The reader is taken on a sci-fi adventure into the future where there are drone-racers and junk-traders. Railey and her robotic gecko friend, Atti, must save the world from a danger greater than any other. A massive man-made bomb of waste and trash! There are a few unexpected twists along the way.

    I liked it because it made me really think about what we do with our rubbish and how, if we don’t start making more recyclable products, it will end up in space! It also highlights how a large number of people do have to live and work inthen you will definitely like this, with the similarities between podracing and drone racing. The drone racing also reminded me of .

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