

The story of a boy finding a whole new world right under our feet is a fantastic and exciting subject for a children's book. Will is similarly focused only on his hobby and his friendship with Chester, another loner he meets at school, depends on Chester participating in Will's digging escapades. His father seems only interested in his hobby so it is down to Will's younger sister to keep house and home together. Is mother does not interact with the family only the television to which she appears to be addicted. It is only when Will's father suddenly disappears that Will unearths his father's hidden tunnel that leads to a whole new world and so begins the adventure of a lifetime to find his dad.Īlthough Will lives in a normal house in a normal suburb, there is nothing normal about his life, notwithstanding his hobby, his family is more than a little unconventional. Not content with these exciting ventures with his father, Will begins his own secret digs, unaware that his father has done exactly the same thing. Burrows and their amazing discovery of a disused rail station. The first chapter of the book finds us already underground with Will and Mr.

Tunnels is a children's adventure book set in present day London and follows the exploits of Will Burrows, fourteen years old and just as obsessed with digging as his museum curator father.
