Knife & Packer (text, illus), Deep Sea Dash (Wheelnuts! #4), Scholastic Australia, 1 June 2015, 96pp., $12.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781743627259
Fourth in the Wheelnuts! series is Deep Sea Dash; an exciting, fast-paced and vivacious story of a crazy car race between six teams under the sea. Best suited to independent readers from age seven, there are plenty of sophisticated terms, sub-plots and tongue-in-cheek humour to reel them in.
Warren ‘Wheelie’ Wheelnut, an eccentric billionaire, sets up this fantastical racecourse deep below the water. In this book, which almost resembles a virtual game, the drivers must be the first, second and third to cross the finish line to be awarded trophies. Where there’s a game with no rules, there’s bound to be cheating. With loads of funny pranks, perilous obstacles to face, bright and witty full-colour illustrations, and even an element of teamwork, this extreme adventure will bring out the competitive streak in any reader.
Middle-grade Wheelnuts! fans will be racing out to collect all five in this mind-blowing, comical and action-packed series.
Reviewed by Romi Sharp
