Can you summarise the story in four or five sentences?
A long time ago, there was a country called Cornucopia that was the happiest in the world. Everything was perfect – until a monster whom people called the Ickabog ( the Ickabog came from a word – Ichabod – which means ‘no glory ‘ or ‘ the glory has departed ‘ ) started eating people’s sheep. The king at the time was called King Fred the Fearless ( he managed to catch and kill a wasp by himself – if you didn’t count 5 footmen and the butcher boy ) and he had two friends, Lord Spittleworth and Lord Flapoon. Lord Spittleworth had an evil plan – to kidnap and kill people or put them in the dungeons so people thought the Ickabog had eaten them and then the evil Lord would raise the Ickabog taxes so he would get more money. Fortunately, 4 children ( Bert, Martha, Roderick and Daisy ) got kidnapped by the real Ickabog and realised that the Ickabog was actually harmless ( and after a LOT of persuading ) everybody in Cornucopia believed them and even set up a town called Ickaby ( between the cities of Kurdsburg and Jeroboam ) in its honour.
Who is your favourite character?
I like Daisy Dovetail because she is the one who felt sorry for the Ickabog and discovered that the Ickabog was harmless.
Who is your least favourite character?
I dislike Lord Spittleworth because he is mean, cruel and greedy.
At the beginning of the book, did you think the Ickabog was a nice character or not? Why?
I thought the Ickabog was a nasty character from the way J.K Rowling told it.
How did J.K Rowling make you think the Ickabog was nasty?
She used other people’s speech to say things like” Hey, guess what, the Ickabog stole my sheep last night “.
How many stars would you give this book out of five?
Five, definitely. It was a brilliant read and the story was very gripping – I loved it.
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