Sixteen-year-old Robin lives with his father in the Victorian Alps. His dad runs a snowmobile hire business. His mother left them when Robin was only a baby. Robin lives in fear of his bullying father who hates Robin and blames him for the disappearance of his mother. As events unfold he runs from his father, he runs from the girl he loves, he runs into trouble, he runs from himself. His suspicions about his mother’s disappearance grow. Could this be a murder mystery, or is this all part of his tortured mind?

As Robin starts to piece things together towards a dramatic climax, so too builds the intensity of everything else going on in his life: his fears and confusions; his unwanted images; his hopeless relationships; and the desire of his first love. The Nest will have you guessing to the very end.

Paul Jennings has written a great novel. This novel has many different aspects of the story and he tells a very realistic and interesting story.

I rate it 8.5/10 and I recommend it to all teenagers.

Reviewed by Isaac Riley

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