"Aquila" by Andrew Norris is a novel in which the main characters have a wonderful adventure

The author shows the theme of adventure fully through his realistic characterisation. These characters are very believable because even though it does not tell us we can guess from the text that the characters are young about nine or ten years old this makes the reader remember what they themselves were like at that age. When you boys at that age get something into their head they cannot ignore it. I'm just the same way, once these characters got Aquila they cannot get it out of there head, they think about it all the time: in bed at school and sitting in the house. The author obviously wants to create realistic circumstances as he has picked out accurate and believable characteristics of children that age.

The author has created the characters so that the reader can relate to them and remember how they felt near that age. When I say relate I mean the reader can see the characteristics in these characters and can connect them with someone who may automatically come into their head: whether it is a cousin or a son the reader is likely to know someone at that stage.

In the novel the author creates several key incidents to explore the theme of adventure the first one is when they actually discover Aquila. This all comes about when they are sitting have lunch and they are sitting on the stones at the quarry near the site of the location of Aquila. While they are having there lunch the mound beneath them crumbles and they end up in a cave where they find Aquila. So they get in to Aquila and press buttons and they establish that Aquila moves. Once they had familiarised themselves with the control they get in and go for a ride. When they land they realise the time. They had been flying for ages. They head back to the bus but before they do that they hide Aquila and head back to where the teachers and pupils are waiting for them. This is the most important incident because this is what the whole book is based on. The author has done very well to create such an imaginable beginning it is believable yet very unusual and very exciting.

The next incident which the author creates the sense of adventure is when they go to pick Aquila up they couldn't get their mum to take them so the teacher took Geoff when they got there Geoff went off on his own he went to get aquila and he picked it up and he flew it back to tom and he flew Geoff back to site then flew back home. This is a very well thought out that wouldn't even be though of in day to day life the writer has wanted to show that even though the boys aren't academic they can still have a very good common sense.

The last key incident in which the author explores the theme of adventure is when the boy finds out that Aquila disappears. The boys get Aquila back home and they are storing it in the garage. They press buttons. The first one is a laser beam that shoots through the wall and sets the neighbours garden shed on fire. However when they press the next one they realise it makes the machine invisible. This is a key part as this is the start of the adventure for the boys. "I think it might be best if we don't try any more buttons for a while.

In conclusion, Aquila is a novel in which the writer uses very creative and imaginative writing to show and put over the story about two boys and a flying machine.

I found the novel very enjoyable to read in the way he uses characterisation and key incidents kept my attention by the great detail and very effective word choice. I would advise people to read it but most importantly I would encourage the writer write a follow up.