Book 2 - English work

Book 2 Countdown to midnight - Caroline Laidlaw

The book I’ve read is called Countdown to midnight. It all begun in December 1 on a friday in Australia. And a boy called Joe came home to begin his holidays. Joe was nearly sixteen years old. Joe had never been in Australia during the winter. 

He lived with his dad, mum and little sister Vicky. His mum and sister where in England but was soon to come home. So it was only Joe and his dad, but his dad was very busy. He worked on SFC (Satellites For Communication). Joe was very interested in computers and space but his dad never explained anything to him. Joes dad was always talking to Joe like if he was a kid, but Joe wasn’t a kid anymore. 

When Joes dad came he wasn’t alone, Dr Kerr (Joes dads assistant) came to stay for dinner. They were talking about there work and Joe also wanted to be in the conversation, but his dad just told him to go to his room. 

Joe woke up in the middle of the night (at 03.00), he was so hot. He walked down to get some water and saw his father sitting by his computer. Joe wanted to say something to his dad but he didn’t know what to say, so he walked up to his room again. Then he heard a sound from the outside, he looked out through the window and saw his dad who has changing the direction of the satellite! Joe couldn’t understand why his dad was doing that in the middle of the night. 

When Joe woke up the other day he got downstairs but his dad wasn’t there. But Joe found some words on his dads desk. So Joe called his friends and told them that they should have a meeting and find out where Joes dad was. 

At the same time Joes dad woke up in a strange room, he was tide to a chair and his right arm was just hanging down towards the ground, it was broken. Then a strange man came into the room. He started to ask Joes dad about the secret code that would change the satellites direction out in space. Joes dad refused but then another man came into the room, a man that Joes dad remembered. It was Dr Kerr, Joes dads assistant. 

Dr Kerr told him that he had always wanted the code from Joes dad. Dr Kerr wanted to start a war out in space! 

Joe had called his friends and they had decided that something wasn’t right. They had found Joes dads car at the beach and it was lit in the little house on an Island not far away from the beach. Could Joes dad be in there? Are Joe going to find and save his dad and will Joes dad give the codes to Dr Kerr?