10-year-old Jessie bites off more than she can chew when she offers her bridesmaids services to Sunny Bay’s resident ghost and bride to be Lena. However being the go get ‘em type of girl Jessie she is, Jessie is determined that nothing will ruin Lena’s big day. With the assistance of Lena’s ghostly brothers Jessie duals with the Duke of Spooks and his camera wielding ghouls in order to ensure that the course of love runs a lot smoother than Shakespeare intended it to.
On first impression ‘Battle of the Beach Freaks’ isn’t my
kind of cup of tea. By the end of the 1st chapter however, I am
forced to eat my shallow words with the firm resolution never to judge a book
by its cover again. Sam Hay succeeds in writing a funny, yet adventurous
children’s story. Jessie is totally
likeable and relatable, the sort of girl you would probably want to be when
you were 10 as she don’t take sh*t from no one. The story line is endearing and romantic (two
ghost lovers want to get hitched but can’t), but not in a sickening 'pass me the
bucket kind of way'. Big thumbs up to Sam Hay and the good people at Catnip
Books for publishing ‘Battle of The Beach Freaks’, a pleasant and amusing read
that would be welcome on any child’s bookshelf.
