UNDERGROUND

Author: J. Meade Falkner

Publishers: Peanguin Readers

This story talks about one boy whose name was John. He lived in Moonfleet (a village) with his aunt, because his parents were dead.

One evening when he was 15th years old, he started to read but the light was bad, so he left the house and walked. It was very quiet and he could hear the voice of his friend Ratsey in his house. He lived near his aunt. His friend Ratsey and he went to the bar to talk with Elzevir, because he was very unhappy.

Elzevir was always sad because his only child, David, was dead. One day David was in a boat with a rich man in the village, Mr Maskew. He killed David, so Elzivir wanted to kill him.

After a long time, Elzivir said to John that he had to go home because Blackbeards walked around the village on winter nights. The legend of the Blackbeards talked about one dead person who was looking for a diamond. John and Elzivir wanted to find the diamond but John's aunt wasn't to take care of John anymore, so he went to live in Elzivir house. They found the diamond, but the diamond was false.

Opinion: This book it's quite boring.