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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Mister Pip" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1175659801m/543873.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/543873.Mister_Pip?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Mister Pip</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/299121.Lloyd_Jones">Lloyd Jones</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14557481?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>I got this book for Christmas when I was in New Zealand. It's won the Commonwealth Writers Award, and listed for the Booker Prize. This a heart wretching story of a fictional tropical island in the midst of a war. We never are told what kind of war other than most people have fled to nearby Australia or New Zealand. Periodically the island is invaded by both rebels and terrorists. The few people left , several children included are without services, schools etc. One lone white man is asked to teach the remaining children. It's the story of this one man's mission to somehow educate these children when there is no tools, nor books except his one copy of Charles Dickens Great Expectations. Through this book the children especially Matilda (it's actually her story) are swept away with this book. They become totally immersed in the book. The language is suberb and I was fully taken over by the author words. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/244629?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>