The London Eye Mystery

This past week I read The London Eye Mystery. This story is about a two young kids, Kat and Ted who  live in London. When their cousin, Salim comes to visit, they take him to the ferris wheel, the London Eye. They got a free ticket from a strange man they didn't know to ride the ferris wheel. Kat and Ted stay behind but Salim got on. They track the pod their cousin is in. When his pod comes down everyone comes out but Salim. Where is he?

I love this book because it’s not so much about the mysterious disappearance, but the intruiging characters and the relationship they share.  Kat and Ted have what their mom calls a “love, hate” relationship. They have very different personalities which leads to disagreement.   Kat likes to skip school and not pay attetion. Ted had never lied before in his life and is very precocious.

One moment they are bickering about who is staying and leaving, the next moment they are praising each other. In the book, Kat almost pushed Ted down, and on the same page Kat told him he was her savior and she could never live without him. All in all, they end up loving each other. The author does a fabulous job making the characters so real, which makes it 100 times better. This book is so fascinating to read and watch the characters grow and develop.

If you have brothers, sisters, cousins or friends that  remind you of this two-sided relationship, then you would probably like this book.