📖 Book Review ~ Uncle Digit and the Truth about Magic by Jeremy Hullah

Digit Publications

January 2024

Thanks to Cameron Publicity for my copy of this book

Confined to a wheelchair, 11-year-old Finn looks forward to the visits of his Uncle Henry and the unbelievable stories of his adventures. When Henry goes to the Arctic to look for his father's lost ship, the stories become increasingly fantastical, straining even Finn's desire to believe everything his uncle tells him, until he joins in the adventure himself!

Expect aliens, a wise-cracking fox, singing bears, the most powerful device in the universe and some very peculiar snow.

📖 My Review..

Eleven year old Finn was injured in a car accident and is now a wheelchair user. He lives with his mother, who loves cooking, in a large terraced house which has belonged to his family for many years. Finn seems quite a lonely child who looks forward to visits from his Uncle Henry, a photojournalist, who tells him of adventures and magic. Facing his difficulties means that Finn is often an easy target for bullies but listening to the tales of his Uncle Digit (aka Henry) takes him into an entirely different world of legend, adventure and fantastical magic.

Uncle Digit and the Truth about Magic is aimed at the young adult market, but is equally enjoyable for all ages, including adults, who enjoy being whisked away into another world. Beautifully imagined, with an incredible adventure which grips from the start I found so much to enjoy in this lovely story which helps you to believe in the wonder of story telling and the joy of adventures. Coming in at over 300 pages it’s quite long but is easily broken up into short bite sized chapters which make it a perfect ‘read before bedtime’ sort of story.

Uncle Digit and the Truth about Magic has all the magical ingredients needed for a memorable story, with convincing characters, especially the polar bears, who stay with you long after the last page is turned.

About the Author

JEREMY HULLAH grew up in the rural Midlands, where he spent a lot of time dreaming about being a pianist or a writer, or something equally unattainable without the required level of effort. After school he moved to London where he worked on building sites for a few years before retraining in IT. He ended up working for a bank in the City, writing books on the train to and from his home in East Sussex. Jeremy Hullah is now retired, but still enjoys cycling around the countryside and dreaming up ideas for new books to keep his two boys entertained.

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