A Fascinating Expedition

The Globetrotters - Book Review 

A work of fiction that bundles amazing facts with a simple lesson for all of mankind, a pleasurable read woven carefully with great intelligence and skill. 

Arefa Tehsin, the author, in the prologue, introduces us to Hudhud, a brat, a big bully and a merciless prankster studying in class 7 in a school, his pranks and acts earn him a curse from his history teacher, that he must find the answer to a question - "What is the answer to all wrongs?"

Out he must go, leaving his home and his human form, traveling across oceans, crossing continents along with migratory animals as one among them. 

Chapters 1 to 5 that follow see Hudhud transform into a blue whale, a painted lady butterfly, a porcupine Caribou, an Atlantic leatherback turtle and a great Arctic tern and embark upon adventures in air, sea and on land along with his friend and accomplice in pranks, Kilkila. Each chapter deals with interesting facts about the animals, their journeys, the hardships they face and Hudhud's eternal quest for an answer to the question that he mostly forgets battling the perils of each intercontinental journey he undertakes. 

It all comes together in the epilogue section - did Hudhud find the answer, what is the answer to the question? Did he ever get back home, did he become his normal self or did he keep wandering the world as one of the migratory animals, constantly changing form?

A 200 pages long book, a magically real and dreamily factual account of some wonderful inhabitants of this planet Earth. Apt for a read for age group 10-11 yrs+ , this book offers fascinating insight into some very useful information. 

I am going to preserve this book carefully and hand it over to my little one at the right age so that he can read and enjoy this simple, delightful book.