The Books

The 1,000 Year Old Boy

by Ross Welford

ISBN: 9780008256944

Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Obviously no one believes him, so when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, he embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live - which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die.

Reviews

Grace - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

I really enjoyed this book! It was very fun to read and the ending was very nice. Overall, i would recommend this to anyone looking for any type of book to read.

Ella - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I enjoyed this book because it was funny and it also rotated the points of view depending on which character was going through something. However, I would have preferred a bit more adventure in the middle of the story.

Narisse - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

This book could have been a 5 star book apart from the fact it was too slow moving. The characters would always go back to a point which in the overall book wasn’t always necessary. The good part however is that you could understand the characters and how they felt at a particular time. The book does seem to get better about half way through.

Saanvi - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

This book was very interesting and big. It was very well described, I felt as if I was there myself with Alfie, Aidan and Roxy. It was very intriguing to read year old boy. His pain after losing his mother was described so well, it was about Alfie’s experiences as the 1,000 as if I could feel his pain myself. However it would have been easier to understand if each chapter had the boy’s name to show who’s perspective it was from.

Nitya - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I thought the 1,000 year old boy was quite a good book, because people usually think that living forever is amazing, but actually it isn't as good as they think, and this book really highlighted that fact.

Kyle - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

Extremely well written sometimes confusing with reality of living forever eventually wanting to carry on living and die like most people.

Jake - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

This book was very good. It tells you a story about young boy Alfie Monk. He is over 1,000 years old and he remembers the last Viking invasion of England. This book has thrills and ups-and-downs.

Chloe - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

I enjoyed this book because it explains what it feels like to live for 1000 years. It's very interesting and I think Ross Welford has done an amazing job with text, punctuation, literacy techniques but over all I would love to read this book again.

Bradley - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

Very interesting and creates great tension and makes the reader carry on reading.

Lottie - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I enjoyed how this book went through time. However I felt that it could have been a lot shorter!

Elyssa - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I enjoyed this book because the storyline was very good and gripping. However, I found that the book was a lot longer than it could of been.