Don't Breathe a Word by Marianne Musgrove

'Kenzie! This is no joke. You have to promise never to breathe a word of it. You know what's at stake.'

Don’t Breathe a Word is a short non-fiction book written by Marianne Musgrove. It is about two sisters, Tahlia and Kenzie, which live with their grandpa because their parents died. Everything was fine until Grandpa starts doing strange things like walking in the middle of the night and saying things that don’t make sense. Kenzie and Tahlia promise not to tell anyone because if Grandpa goes to a nursing home, where would they go? The only problem is that their older half-sister starts to suspect that something is wrong and it’s only a matter of time before someone finds out…

I enjoyed reading The Worry Tree by Marianne Musgrove so I decided to read another book written by her. I found this book even better than the Worry Tree because it had a more complex plot but also had informal and easy to understand language.

Don’t Breathe a Word deals with family issues and relationships between siblings. The more you read the more chaos there is between Tahlia and Kenzie.

This simple book has a good moral and is important to read between the lines. I recommend this book to people from 8 to 12 years of age.