Mysteries and cliff-hangers, Jessica Skudder

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

Kate De Goldi

Longacre

2015

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle is a fiction novel written by New Zealand author, Kate De Goldi. The book is written in third person view and is the retelling of two Kiwi children, Barney and Ren Kettle’s lives, told by the mysterious D.

Barney and Ren are brother and sister who live with their parents on The Street and despite Ren and Barney’s opposite personalities they get along like best friends. Ren is the quiet, organised person who enjoys it when everything is perfect and in order.

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Like peas and carrots, Gabrielle Baird

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

Kate De Goldi

Longacre

2015

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, by Kate De Goldi, is a sweet and funny story about brother and sister Barney and Ren Kettle, set in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the first decade of this century.

Their tale is told in the third person by the amusing and entertaining D, who sends, along with his writing, a series of letters to the mysterious Moo. D re-tells Barney’s and Ren’s story in only a few long chapters, stopping each one on a cliff-hanger. Each chapter also contains a short letter addressed to Moo containing D’s insights.

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Questions and intrigue, Olivia Pugh

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

Kate De Goldi

Longacre

2015

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle is a loveable, New Zealand children’s/young adult’s book which is written in a unique style by Kate De Goldi. It is about the life of the young and very extraordinary Barney Kettle. A hint on the back cover gives away that the story is being told by an older man from his hospital bed, which gives this story even more of an intriguing touch.

Barney is an aspiring film director and a bit of a megalomaniac as everyone tells him.

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