Title: Mouth Almighty
Author: Salilah Agbaje
Publisher: Walker Books
Number of pages: 111
Type of Book: Fiction, Play
Age: 8 and up
Available here: Terrakulture Victoria Island, Lagos
Price: N1200
MY SUMMARY (without the ending):
Justice has a big mouth literally and figuratively. His mouth is quite large and he talks too much. He is also quite mischievous and inquisitive. Justice goes down the street to buy a pint of milk for his mother and ends up disappearing after meeting a strangely fascinating man, Mr. Cringe. Justice’s experiences with, and after Mr.Cringe make this both magical and realistic. A really good read.
THUMBS UP AND DOWN
UP: It is a musical play and I enjoyed imagining a group of children actors doing justice to it. Mr. Cringe the evil/mad scientist was another highlight of this book for me.
DOWN: Well, it may be a weeeeeee bit slow.
RATING
3 stars
TRIVIA
- The name of the evil genius: Cringe.
- How Justice and Tata planned to make some money: By making kids pay $5 to watch a performance by Bud and the Choir in Justice’s mouth.
- The experiment Mr. Cringe carried out on Justice: He put a group of singing dwarfs in his mouth
- The names of the dwarfs living in Justice’s mouth: Bud and the Choir
- Who dons a private investigator’s hat and decides to find Justice alone: Justice’s father.
- Justice’s father’s vices: Gambling and Laziness.
Next Book of the Week (24/June/2015 – 10/June/2015): Akata Witch/What Sunny Saw in the Flames
About the Writer: Ugochinyelu Anidi is a lawyer and a children’s literature enthusiast. She blogs at ugochinyeluanidi.wordpress.com and tweets @UgochinyeluA
