Do you have any grumpy people living near you? Do you think they look a bit strange sometimes as if they were a bit too furry or have sharp pointy teeth? Well, the Bolds are that sort of family.
The Bolds are a family of hyenas disguised as humans. At first, they find it hard to act like normal people. When they settle in the human world and stop worrying, for example, about trying to teach their children (Betty and Bobby) to act like humans, all different kinds of chaos starts.
The neighbours are getting nosy; some secrets are being found out because the Bolds forget to hide their hyena habits and the neighbour is watching the Bolds in his spare time. Can they save an old hyena, Tony, from the safari park and does he become a part of the Bolds family?
There are lots of sad, happy and puzzling moments in this book.
I liked this book because the illustrations were fabulous, the plot was interesting and funny, the descriptions were good and I could not put the book down, wanting to find out what happens next.
I would recommend this book to bookworms who love jokes.
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