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Title: The News They Didn't Use (Uqp Young Adult Fiction) by Stephen Measday ISBN: 0-7022-2711-0 Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia) Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: The News They Didn't Use! A superb novel for all!
Comment: The News They Didn't use! The following review is an essay based on my points towards the great novel, 'The news they didn't use'.

The Novel, 'The News They Didn't Use', by Stephen Measday, is a story about a young boy about the age of 15 who discovers an interest in the news and the media. Rick Street one day offers to be his local town's correspondent. His manager likes the boy's style when he soon finds out that there is no dramatic news in his town and he decides to report some news that interesting and funny. During the school holidays Rick gets an opportunity to take part in a television news programme. When he finds out that the programme's ratings are going down he comes up with a great idea to get them up again. Things go weirdly wrong when the whole of New Zealand and Australia (Australasian author) go mental over this show.

One reason why I found the novel appealing is because I am interested in the news media as well, so I found it quite awesome to go behind the scenes of a television station's shows. It was cool to be able to understand what happens behind the camera. Now whenever I watch the news on television I am amazed and fascinated by what I don't see and how much effort and people go into producing the final product. This was one of the reasons to why I enjoyed reading the book.

Another reason why is that the main character in the novel, Rick, is a growing teenager like me (except for the growing part) . Everything that Rick was going through in life is in some way linked to me. For instance; girlfriends, Rick gets a girlfriend in the story and the author describes his dates with her and good times/bad times with her. I really liked him as a character because of his age and personality; he likes the same things I do, like tennis and being a broadcaster. This is another reason why I could link myself to the novel and enjoyed reading the story.

The book has a great storyline. The author introduces the characters and the scene well and produces an interesting, but keeping it realistic, plot. For example; he gets kidnaped, but doesn't survive a 1000m fall onto concrete after losing a pack of Siberian wolf-hounds, which the kidnappers release because he escaped from an electric fenced cage with a lion in it. Because opf this reality and great plot I didn't find the book boring and repetitive which I do in others.

Stephen Measday is an Australasian author, born and raised up in Australasia. I liked this because it is nice to see a New Zealander or Australian going out there and writing a book. (Because I am a New zEalander and we don't have that many stars out there) Also some words which we might read in an American or English book could not exist in our language. Also she talks about incidents which I am aware of, eg: A recent rain crash in Wellington. She also speaks of places in Australia and New Zealand, which is cool because if you have been to that place it is nice to be able to link your experience to that described in the book.

The book wasn't too long and so you didn't get bored of the novel and the characters. It is short and easy to read as well. The vocabulary used in the novel is not too hard whilst remaining a great read, this also means that when I read it late at night, which is what I do, I don't get too tired and bored with the lack of understanding in the novel.

Overall I really liked this book and recommend it to anyone of any-age. Even my 40 year-old mother read it and enjoyed it. Although I strongly and particularly recommend it to young adults and so too does the author.