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The Adventures of Nihu Omoruyi Uwuigiaren First Published by Bouncing Ball Books Inc. (2008) ISBN 9781934138151 Reviewed by Regan Zaborowski (age 8) for Reader Views (7/08) Exciting and Sometimes Scary. This long book takes place in a jungle and is about a boy named Nihu that lived in a small village. One day Nihu is out hunting, and his uncle was killed by an arrow that a robber took after Nihu shot it. Everybody thought Nihu killed his uncle, so he was told not to come back to the village. He went to the jungle to live, and met Old Phil. They got to be friends, but Old Phil died. Nihu met many creatures when he was in the jungle. Some were friendly, but some were mean and scary. He finally tries to find his way out of the jungle and falls through a crack in the earth. A very mean creature takes him and puts him inside a stone, with some other prisoners. We don’t find out until the very end if he ever escapes. This was a long book, and it was hard for me to read by myse...