The Black Brothers

By Lisa Tentzer

Reviewed By Tess G. (D1)

Giorgio is a boy of age 13. He and his family are poor, and Giorgio must help them by working with his mother. They are living in a small village called Sonogo, when one day a stranger who will change Giorgios life strides into the town. A year later, Giorgio makes a long foot journey to a city called Milan. He meets a friend along the road. Later on he becomes a chimneysweep, and more troubles arrive. There are many adventures of Giorgio in this book.

I think this book with pictures was a bit confusing in some ways, but otherwise it wasn’t bad at all! This book is an adventurous tale, and it is also touching. 6^th or maybe even 7^th graders would enjoy this book. 5^th graders could read it too, but I should probably mention that they did say the D swear word a couple times, but other than that, it was pretty appropriate. I think this book was a well told story.