Chapter One: The trip of a lifetime

I think the first chapter is a good introduction, because the text gives you the important information about the story and the charakters. To me the text is understandable and you don't need a dictionary to looking up the words.
When I read the first chapter about Alex, I was very shocked about the situation from Alex, that the father left the "family" when Alex was 2 1/2 years old. A question came to my mind as I read chapter 1, why did the father left the family? In my opinion Alex came to a good decision to visit his father in Australia and tried to get in touch with him by writting a letter. By the way it's a chance for Alex to get to know the "real father".The "real" father from Alex made a bad impression on me, because he didn't give a reason to the family why he left them. I found it good, that the mother permited Alex to fly to Australia.
This story is full of suspense and I'm excited how Alex trip go on.