'Mr Stink' David Walliams by Liam Finnis 7WM

The book is about a girl, Chloe, who meets a man who is a tramp who changes his life. But her mum and dad are rich and think tramps are no one and her parents don’t want her to see him anymore but Chloe adores the man and always talks to him and his dog.

A good thing about the book is the funny things that happen. The bad points about this book is some bits of the book are boring but most of it is very good and funny.

I would rate it 9 out of 10. I would say 8 and over is the age for this book because some people younger than that will find it a bit boring. This book is for girls and boys because it isn’t aimed at boys or girls. I like this book and I hope you do as well.

'Fantastic Mr Fox' Roald Dahl by Danny Fynn 7BT

Fantastic Mr Fox was written by Roald Dahl. He has five children and goes out at night to the three different factories that have cider, ducks and chickens. The factory owners are Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

I thought the book was interesting because it’s funny and Mr Fox sneaks out at night and tricks the owners. 

I would recommend this book to 5-11 year old because if a teenager reads this then it might be a bit boring for them. People of the younger generation would find this interesting because it is funny and sneaky.

It is good and parents would want to read it to their children and would recommend it to other adults to share around. People would read it if they like Roald Dahl books and the ones that will make them laugh a lot and the interesting ones that people would find interesting. It is well written and people read it a few times over and over again.

'The Famous Five' Enid Blyton by Jessica Friend 7WM

Do you want a book that has lots of adventure in it and has 182 pages in it? Well I suggest you try Famous Five on a treasure island.

 

It’s all about a young kid named George and her very own island (with a castle!) WOW! She wants to take her nephews to her island but will she change her mind?

My favourite bit is when they go to see the boat wreck just outside of the island.

The main charters are: George, Anne, Julian, Dick and Timothy (the dog). But George and Timothy aren’t in the first part of the story.

The story is set in Kirin bay in the Quintin cottage.

I suggest you get this book for kids age 10-15 year olds. Enjoy reading!

'Gangsta Granny' David Walliams by Katie Sharman 7WM

I really like this book because it is funny. Also because it’s made up and is really obvious! I recommend this book to children aged 8-10 because older children may get bored easily.

In this story Gangsta Granny plans to steal the crown jewels from the Queen along with her Grandson, Ben. Before Ben found out that his Grandma was a master criminal he had found very boring! He always wanted to be a plumber therefore he gets the ‘Plumbing Weekly’ every week. Mr Parker, Granny’s nosy neighbour, once caught her doing naked yoga! Granny loves cabbages, she makes everything with them!

Unfortunately, Mr Parker catches Granny and Ben with the crown jewels and calls the police. But they thought he was lying because there was no evidence. But they let him off this one time.

I have read this book many times and it’s one of my favourites! I recommend it to everyone who likes stories with suspense

'Stig of the Dump' Clive King by Thomas Shrimpton 7BU

I am writing about the book "Stig of the Dump" by Clive King. I chose to read this book because when I read the back I couldn't wait to see what happened next!

The main character is called Barney who is a curious guy who can easily get bored when with his Grandma so he decides to go and play in the chalk pit.. only to find a friend called Stig!

The novel is set in Grandma's house where Barney and his sister, Lou go quite often. The story is a happy and tough story with the genre exploring and friends.

My favourite part is when Barney meets Stig and plays with him all day and his house gets decorated too.

In conclusion this is the best book I've read and would recommend it to everyone.

'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' Louise Rennison by Molly Singfield 8KT

I am writing a book review on a book called 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'.

I thought this book was amazing for any teenager girls to read. A girl called Georgia wants to be taken seriously by her mother and father but it takes them ages to be able to trust her.

This also helps young girls grow some confidence, I believe it helped me gain a lot of confidence. I would recommend this book to all of my friends as it's realistic and has good humour.

This book shows how teenage girls can change over a matter of time when a boy is involved. I think this book is appealing to young girls because its about boys and make-up.

Many people watch the film then read the book but I've done both and I definitely think the book is much better because you can use your imagination which is very important in a book.

Many people say the film is better because it has sound tracks to help you know how to feel when watching the movie, but I think reading helps you get into the book with your imagination.

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' Mark Haddon by Georgia Rote 8KT

I am writing a book review on 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'. I chose to read this book because it was recommend by a friend and I also was thinking of going the see the play version of it and I thought by reading the book it would help me to understand the play more clearly.

  

The main character in the book is a boy called Christopher Boone aged 15  who has a Aspergers which is a form of autism. He finds it hard to understand other people's point of view and this sometimes make him  confused and distressed. But when he finds out that his neighbour's dog has been killed he is eager to find out who the killer is. However he soon finds out that he is being accused of being the murderer by the owner of the dog, despite this he is keen to find out who committed this crime.

Christopher was told by his father that his mother had died of a heart attack and Christopher had grown up believing that his mother wasn't alive. As Christopher became more intrigued and suspicious that his father may have been the one that killed the dog he started to search through his dad's belongings to find some evidence which could support his predictions.One day when he was searching through his father's bedroom he came across a stack of letters that were addressed to him, he decided to open them; he then came to discover that they were from his mother. 

This confused him because his mother was dead. Later on that day his father told him that his mother wasn't actually dead and had that his mother  had  just left Christopher's  father and Christopher for another man and they had moved away. Also he found out that his father had also killed the dog! This news made Christopher distressed and he panicked and ran away to find to his mother. He eventually found his mother and he then lived with her.

I really enjoyed reading this book it was really gripping it was packed with different emotions some parts of it made me happy and some made me sad.I strongly recommended this to anyone of any age. 10/10 fantastic !!!!!

'The Ghost Box' Catherine Fisher By Sawaira Waqas 7PC

My older brother got a book from school called 'the ghost box'. After he had read the whole book, he told me to read it as he said it was really great. I read the blurb first. This gave me an overview of what happens in the story. then after I had read the first two pages, I kept on reading on until the story finished. it was fantastic and I give it a 10/10!
  
 A girl called Sarah lived with her mum alone. Her mum then married a man called Gareth who already had a son called Matt. Sarah did not get well with Matt. But one day, she had a dream of a box. in the dream, she saw that birds flew out of the box and trees grew in the box. When she woke up, she found a box that looked exactly like the box in her dream. It was a silver box but it was locked. Something rattled inside when Sarah shook the box.
   
The next day, Sarah finds a ghost who was killed by a man. He said that his should was locked in the box. 'get me the key.' said the ghost. So Sarah went to the keys' shop and asked the man if he had a key that fitted the silver box. But the man said, 'I believe this box contains great danger. I would not open it if I were you.' But Sarah did not accept. She went home with the silver box, angrily.
      
She tried to find the key for days and for days, ghost annoyed her. Then one day, she got the key but Sarah found Matt and the man from the key's shop in her room. The man said that the ghost was hiding something. The secret was that if Sarah would have opened the box, her soul would have got trapped in the box. Then the ghost told her. But there was one way. If only Matt and Sarah turned the key together to open the box. The man told them this. Matt accepted and so did Sarah. they turned the key together and the box opened.There was an acorn in there. then the ghost vanished saying, 'thank you Sarah!'. And he vanished.
     
Then the man told Sarah to plant the acorn. And Sarah did.

'Are you there God? It's me, Margaret' - Judy Blume by Abbie McNaboe 8SD

Margaret Simon is 12 years old and has just moved to New Jersey from New York.

This is the story of her everyday life - making friends, joining her friends secret gang, going to parties and trying to find a religion because her parents have given her the freedom to choose what religion she wants to be. But Margaret's finding it hard to choose, only when her teacher gives out a project to the class, does Margaret have an excuse to visit temples and try out religions.

But Margaret realises its harder than it seems. This takes her on a journey to find out who she will end up being.

I liked this book because it was easy to read and funny. I would recommend this book to girls ages 10-13.

'Seekers Return to the Wild: River of Lost Bears' Erin Hunter - By Bobbie Lee Gover 8WE

This is a book by Erin Hunter which follows the journey of four bears - Toklo, a grizzly bear, Lusa, a black bear, and Kallik and Yakone, two polar bears. I wanted to read it because I had read the previous books, which I loved.

 

In this book, they have come off the arctic ice, and their journey is apparently over, with Toklo and Lusa looking for their true home with Kallik and Yakone accompaning them on the way - when Toklo and Lusa find their home, Kallik and Yakone will go back to Hudson Bay. They have to face the dangers of the land - cliffs, fierce rivers, territorial bears and most of all, humans.

 

Set in the present, in the forests, Toklo and Lusa are thriving, but Kallik and Yakone are struggling in the unfamiliar territory. They face the danger of a territorial bear named Hakan, who is bullying his sister, Chenoa. Toklo, feeling sorry for Chenoa, convinces her to join them on their journey, and Lusa and Chenoa become close friends. However, Chenoa is later killed when she falls off a waterfall, and Lusa descends into a dark mood. However, Lusa find Chenoa's 'spirit tree'. A spirit tree, to black bears like Lusa, is where the spirit of a bear goes when it dies. But humans cut it down, and put it in the river with other spirit trees. The bears manage to free them, and they continue on their journey. But then Yakone gets critically injured in a human footholder trap when he gets his paw caught. Coyotes begin to track them all, waiting for Yakone to die. They don't bother to attack, and are not afraid of any of them at all. Lusa organizes a plan - Yakone will act dead, and the rest of them will ambush the coyotes. The plan is sucessful - but then coyotes rejoin, with more then before. The bears have to jump onto a train to escape, and Toklo narrowly avoids being killed by the train, leaving the story to be continued in the next book. It is genuinly a story of mixed emotion; the genre is adventure and a bit of fantasy.

 

My favourite part was the coyote ambush. It was very clearly described, describing the difficulty of the fight and the feel of desparation to save Yakone's life.

 

Overall, the best book I have read in a long time. I would reccomend it - but you'd have to start with the first book of the first series to understand it

'Artichoke Hearts' by Sita Brahmachari- Kirsty Smith 8SD

This book is about a girl called Mira Levenson who lives with her mum, dad and her two younger siblings called Krish and Laila. Mira is very shy and when forced to speak in public, her confident best friend Millie Lockheart usually has to jump in and save her. Mira finds it easier to express herself through her artwork, a passion she shares with her grandmother, Josie.

When a literature club is started at school by the quirky, unique Pat Print, Mira's attentions are drawn towards Jide Jackson, a boy she's never really noticed before but soon realises he is a completely different person away from his friends.

Pat Print asks all of the students to write a 'May Day Diary' which is how the rest of the story is told through Mira's eyes. 

The diary starts on Mira's twelfth birthday. However, half way through their family gathering, a man named Moses knocks at the door to deliver a coffin.

The coffin is for Josie, Mira's grandma. She is sadly dying but because she is an artist, wants to paint her own coffin. So, with the help of Mira, one day when the rest of the family is out, they paint it. The rest of the story is about the challenges Mira has to overcome, such as losing her grandma and changing the way she see's other people.

The reason the book is called 'Artichoke hearts' has something to do with a charm Josie gave to Mira on her birthday. It is an artichoke, made up of hundreds of little silver leaves with a dainty red heart in the middle. Josie explains to Mira that we are like artichokes; some people are tough- like the outer leaves- however, some people are sensitive- like the inner leaves, getting smaller and smaller until they reach the heart. 

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne by Lucy Golding 8MA

 I read this book because it made me feel how lucky we are to have a good life and not to be forced to do things like Bruno and his Jewish friend had to do in their life time .

The main character in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is Bruno because he does more things than anyone else .

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is about Bruno being far far away from his three best friends and staying in a place he doesn't like.

This is a very heartbreaking and heart-warming book. This story is set in Auschwitz . 

My favourite part in this book is when Bruno and the Jewish boy make up and stay friends . But it's very sad when they get gassed by the Nazis and the Bruno gets killed by his father's own men.

I never expected this to happen .

My overall feeling about the book is sad but I was happy that they were friends and they took lots of care for each other.

 

I would recommend this book to kids but mostly adults .

Olivia Flies High - Lyn Gardner by Amber Britton 8SD

This book is about a teenager called Olivia she is the main character in this good book. 

Olivia goes to stage school with her younger sister and her friend. Her nan runs the school, while her dad has gone away for a circus trip. Olivia has fallen out with all her friends.

I started this book in December and I still haven’t read it, I’m a really slow reader. It is suitable for ages 9-13.

This book is really good you should try and read it.

'Cookie' by Jacqueline Wilson - Shania Graham- 7MX

This book is about a teenage girl who lives with her mum called Dilly and her dad called Gerry. The girl is called Beauty Cookson and is always getting bullied at her new school. Her worst enemy is called Skye, she has perfect silky and blonde hair and amazing glittery blue eyes and, she calls Beauty Ugly.

Despite being called names at school, Beauty’s dad was always in a rage and got furious if something wasn't perfect! But Beauty’s mum adores her and finds ways to keep her happy. Together they discover a new hobby (baking cookies) and a much better and original nickname is created… Cookie!

After Beauty’s disastrous birthday party, her dad’s temper seemed to be out of hand. So Beauty and her mother packed their bags and start a new life at Rabbit Cove.

I think this book is really good but emotional! The characters have their own ways but can also be loveable. Even Gerry!

'Dear Dylan' by Siobhan Curham - Isabel King

Do you like heart-warming, powerful novels? If you do, then ‘Dear Dylan’ by Siobhan Curham is the one for you.

‘Dear Dylan’ is about a teenage girl who is going through a difficult time in her life.

This book is very different to normal ones. The entire thing is written in e-mail format and I couldn't help being slightly impressed and jealous that Siobhan Curham could still get all the emotions to come through.

Georgie (the main character) is in love with an actor called Dylan Curtland. She tries to contact him via e-mail, but later discovers that is his mum, Nancy who is answering them.

Although the book is all about a background of abuse and violence within a family, Siobhan Curham has managed to show this through a funny and optimistic way.

I would recommend this book to anyone (between the age of 10 and adult) that is searching for a sad, but funny book that makes you cry one minute and burst out laughing the next!

That was my review of ‘Dear Dylan’ by Siobhan Curham. I hope you pick this book up sometime and enjoy it as much as I did.

'Hetty Feather' by Jacqueline Wilson - Georgina Solly 7BY

Recently I have been reading the amazing Hetty Feather by the award winning author: Jacqueline Wilson. It is unlike any other book I have ever read. This heart-breaking story shows you what life was like in the 19^th century: things you didn't even dream about; things you never thought people would do; but yet, it feels like you were there, watching it all happen before your very eyes due to Jacqueline’s amazing skill with words. It is written in the 1^st person and is told by the main character- Hetty Feather.

In the first section it introduces Hetty Feather when she was just a tiny little baby. She is tragically parted from her birth mother and sent to the Foundling Hospital. She gets cared for there (even though it was totally the opposite of caring in my opinion) and then, when she is only a few weeks old, she gets sent to a foster home along with another foundling, a boy named Gideon Smeed.

She meets lots of new people including her foster parents, brothers and sisters. Her foster parents treat her really well but she especially loves Jem, her 10 year-old foster brother. He loves her like she was his real blood sister and teaches her lots of skills she would need later on in life. He was so patient and played her childish games without a protest and also took her to a circus to watch and meet, who she later on thought, was her birth mother. I would've longed for a brother like that if I did not know what was going to happen next.

Unfortunately, as Hetty grew into a feisty 5 year-old, she got closer and closer to going back to the hospital because she still belonged to the hospital.

When the time came she was heartbroken! How does she cope there? Is she treated well? What is like? Well, you’ll just have to read it to find out!

I would definitely recommend this book to readers aged 9+ although my mum read this book and she thoroughly enjoyed. I would give this amazing tale of love, loss and cruelty 10 out of 10 no question about it! What I did not mention is that it is the first book of a trilogy so if you really enjoyed the book look out for the 2^nd Sapphire Battersea and the 3^rd book Emerald Star that has just come out! I can guarantee that you will not be disappointed.

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days' by Jeff Kinney - Rian Warnatilake 7BY

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days' is a great and humorous book that will make me laugh almost every day.

 

 It has great values to the book like pictures, funny comments from Greg (the main character) and his best mate Rowley. Greg's older brother Rodrick will do anything to ruin Greg's day and it does not go, quite to plan in this version of diary of the wimpy kid. Greg's chance comes up when he gets a dog but when his parents and two brothers take over the dog Greg's chances get narrowed of it being the best summer ever.....

 

This book will blow your mind. READ IT.