Danny Bent

I received a free copy of this novel for my honest review. After Danny Bent almost dies after falling off of a cliff, he gets this striking revelation that his life isn’t going the way he wanted it to. He pretty much returns home to his 3rd grade class to tell them he’s going away to teach kids in India. They ask how he’ll get there, he says fly, then sees the lesson he’d taught the kids on being green, how much pollutants planes give off in our environment. He changes his answer before completely thinking it through and says cycling. He ends up living his dream, cycling around the world for charity. This is a story of his journey from England to India, the people he encountered, the cultural differences and his adventures. The story was pretty interesting and filled with historical information on the areas he’d passed through, but not as much as I would have liked. All in all a great adventure!

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I downloaded this book for my kindle – because it was free. It turned out to be an entertaining read. Danny Bent – a keen cyclist and a teacher in London, decides to cycle to a village in India to raise money for children’s charities. A mammoth undertaking! He Christians his bike Sheila and the two of them embark on some fabulous adventures. Danny meets a variety of characters along the way – many of them showing great kindness and generosity despite having little themselves. Danny is a colourful character and a genial companion in this cycling adventure. There are also plenty of gruesome toilet stories – which while hilarious are also rather gut wrenching.… (mere)