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For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered.

All he has to do is say “Yes.” But “yes” is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back?

Steve (view spoiler)[I totally understand the feeling of being ignored when someone new enters the family. It hasn't happened to me before, but I've definitely heard of it. (hide spoiler)]

I love the way he (view spoiler)[stands up to his parents and reminds them that he's allergic to the wasps when they don't want to act on exterminating the wasp's nest. (hide spoiler)] But then he (view spoiler)[tried to go back on the extermination. (hide spoiler)]

I was freaked out when (view spoiler)[Mr Nobody talked on the phone! I like how he was described more later on as being a replaced baby. That was an interesting twist. (hide spoiler)]

Review: How interesting and strange was this book :p I had no clue what it was about before I listened to it, but it was weird. (view spoiler)[A wasp queen offering to 'fix' his sick baby brother by replacing him with a baby born inside a wasp nest? (hide spoiler)] That's all kinds of messed up.. I don't really know what to say about this book, apart from the fact it was weird, but you get that vibe already :p Don't think I needed to read it, but I did anyway. Definitely didn't change my life.

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Yeah but I don't think it was potrayed in a kid-friendly way - the being ignored thing.

And yeah(view spoiler)[ Steve was right when he stood upto his parents. Also they didnt seem to care much either. Though yes, a typical family it is.
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(view spoiler)[ At first I didnt know what to make of the knife guy. He seemed out of place. And never guessed that Mr.Nobody would actually be part of the story! (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[ And oh my, I never thought the dream was going to be real. He has a swollen bite on his hand when he wakes up? Whoops (hide spoiler)]

Maddison wrote: "Review: How interesting and strange was this book :p I had no clue what it was about before I listened to it, but it was weird. [spoilers removed] That's all kinds of messed up.. I don't really kno..."

Same here. It was just plainly weird. (view spoiler)[ The cover made me believe it was some spooky mystery since I hadnt read the blurb. But anyway? I amn't much impressed with the story either. The narration was fab though (hide spoiler)]

Agreed