Author: Archimede Fusillo
Publisher: Walker Books
School: Mazenod College
Reviewer: Thisal Year 9
Genre: Fiction
Tags: Australian Authors, Mazenod College, Student Review, Tribal Lores, Walker Books, Young Adult Novels
A moving and explosive tale about what happens when tradition and the need to belong collide. Frankie Rescio is struggling with the death of his sister. Next door, Lochie Marsh is about to have his world invaded by his estranged, pregnant half-sister and her layabout boyfriend. Despite tensions simmering just below the surface for both boys and their families, they form a bond that connects their different worlds. Until tribal lores threaten to bring everything…
Tribal Lores by Archimede Fusillo is an engaging, engrossing novel which explores the life of a young teenage boy with Italian parents, set in an Australia different to the one we know today. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, because its many subplots were interesting. When reading this book, I never truly knew what to expect before I turned a page, which piqued my curiosity. Fusillo explores differences in culture, amongst other themes such as sorrow.
Overall, I highly recommend this book and I am sure teenagers like myself would enjoy it very much.
Reviewed by Thisal Year 9 Mazenod College
