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I then compared it to other books that I had read with stressful content, in which Michael Morpurgo’s books came to mind. Budi learns only later that it was Rochy who stole the boots and passed them on and that he has effectively saved Budi’s skin.

Now more than ever, I believe we need characters like Budi who are filled with goodness and dreams and the desire for a better world. The writing style in this is, most of the time, quite plain: it is very compatible with children between the ages of 12-15 maybe and there is something in the writing style which reminded me a lot of how YA books are written, in general. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. He's going to be a star, instead of sweating over each football boot he makes, each stitch he sews, each box he packages.However, the young boy tries it and the people set up a net for him to jump down into but he never finds the confidence until he drinks the coconut milk and then he feels confident enough to look past all the dangers and jump down.

Budi perceives the task as impossible and is ready to accept his fate, even to die, but then miraculously, the boots get to the Dragon. The read focuses on showcasing the life of Budi who works in a football show factory and dreams of playing football professionally professionally.

Budi’s going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes. Keputusan tepat MJ— lebih nyaman memanggilnya begitu HEHE— mengeksekusi konfliknya secara perlahan dan menyenangkan, tak ada kesan terburu-buru di bagian manapun, hanya saja karena di puluhan halaman pembuka seperti yang kupaparkan di review sebelumnya— tepatnya penghantar konfliknya bisa kubilang sangat membosankan, karena itu 3.

They work for a pittance and, despite both Budi and his Dad working, the family still does not have enough income to eat a meal every day. I found this book a bit disjointed and felt that it took a long time to cover Budi's early life in Jakarta, leading up to the climax of the novel, where he meets the Dragon. As it contains lots of violence and crime (killing, shooting, blood fights, smuggling, robbery, blackmailing etc) and it doesn't really have the kind of happy ending, which readers below 12 year old usually expects. Though covering a very serious topic, there is a lot of humor and humanity that makes this an especially good read for kids and teens to understand our world more fully.

He’s going to play for the greatest team on earth, rather than in the square behind the factory where he works. His ambition is to be a famous football player for a team like Real Madrid, but Budi’s reality is rather different.