Two Weeks With The Queen

Two Weeks With The Queen - Morris Gleitzman

Two Weeks with the Queen is a text I completed for my author Study. It is a story about Colin’s extraordinary experience in the UK when he is sent there due to a family emergency. Colin’s Brother had fallen very ill and set himself a mission to find the best Doctor in the world and bring them back to Australia, with the help of the Queen of course. Through many twists and turns Colin’s adventure throughout the UK is strengthened through a new friendship, new ideas about family and hope.

This novel by Morris Gleitzman is a highly uplifting, yet somewhat controversial story which has a great deal of light and shade. Students reading this text would come to face many new concepts in storytelling that they may not have seen due to Gleitzman’s imagination and how he describes certain events. The name of the text is a pivotal element within the storyline as the true meaning is revealed towards the end of the novel.  Students would become very engaged in the storyline of this text and be able to relate to many of the events happening within the main character’s lives. Further discussion and comprehension can occur in regards to the UK, traveling, the Queen of England, the work that doctors do and information of different kinds of sickness. By reading this text students are exposed to many adult themes and issues that may be considered too sophisticated for them, however, I think this text has displayed particular issues in a positive light. This has helped the reader make sense of the text and break the code of the story. I have read this book more than once and would highly recommend it to be read within an English classroom.

Author: Morris Gleitzman

1989, Pan Macmillan Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

IBSN: 978-0-330-42622-0

Genre/theme: Adventure/Comedy/ Importance of family and belonging

Age: 13-15 (years 8-10)

Contributor: Keelan Mackle