A Bridge to Wisemans Cove is a young adult fiction book written by Australian author James Moloney and is set in an Australian beach area. In which shows the life and experience this 15 year old needs to deal with and cope with to get by and try to have a decent life.
I myself really liked the book and I really liked how it showed what some people have to go through and deal with to get by. Personally I have never had to deal with anything that Carl Matt has had to deal with at such a young age and I found it really interesting and amazing what he had to cope with and how n the end he manages to find a sense of family and actually feel as if he has someone there for him and isn’t going to leave him like his mother did. I also found it really inspiring that even though his weight problem he tried to at least go out and meet new people and eventually it finally paid off with him getting a job, working hard, finding some people who could accept him for him, and in the meantime he even lost a bit of weight which made him feel less self-conscious about himself. Overall I really did like the book and am glad that we read it because it made me realise how lucky me and a lot of people around me are for having such supportive parents and such supportive and caring people around me every day.…show more content… Which therefore leaves Carl and his younger brother Harley in the care of their sister Sarah. When its way past time for his mother to have usually returned from one of her "holidays," Sarah decides to head off it to Europe and leave her brothers to work things out by themselves and for themselves with their Aunt Beryl in Wattle
