Title: Julius Zebra Rumble with the Romans Author: Gary Northfield Julius the Zebra lives in Africa with his mum and brother Brutus. Everyday Julius and Brutus have to go to the lake for a drink but Julius HATES the lake and he thinks all the animals there stink! Also, Julius HATES his show off brother Brutus! Julius smells the sapphire, brown water at the lake and says Pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Then he secretly RUNS AWAY!!!! Julius and his friend Cornelius the warthog get caught in a big hole and end up at the COLOSEUM where the Romans fight! The Romans think that Julius is a stripy horse because they have never seen a zebra before because zebras only live in Africa and you wouldn’t find one in Rome! The Romans put Cornelius and Julius in a cage with a crocodile, giraffe, antelope and lion and the Romans make the animals fight against the Gladiators. Since Julius does so well, he joins Gladiator School and at Emperor Hadrian’s birthday bash, he battles against Victorius. Does he win against Victorius or does Victorius get his victory? Does Julius die? You need to read this hilarious, laugh out loud book! I like the cool illustrations…

Title: Galactic Hot Dogs Cosmoe’s wiener Getaway Author: Max Brallier Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Pages: 304 This is the abridged version of my book review! 🙂 In the far future there is an alien called Humphree and his best friend Cosmoe the Earth-Boy. Humphree and Cosmoe are making a mega weiner which is the size of a jeep. They have made it for the Intragalactic Food Truck Cook-OFF which is a festival where everyone makes something to eat the QUEEN will judge it. It is a large competition but Cosmoe thinks he will still win it with his wiener… Until, someone takes his mega weiner…. Cosmoe has a rubbery elastic blob that is forever wrapped around his arm and can’t leave or he will die. His name is Goober and he can turn into things. Goober lassoes the weiner thief. That’s when they realise that they have just lassoed the evil Princess Dagger. They quickly escape in their ship, the Neon Wiener. But then, they realise that Princess Dagger is on board and that the Royal Navy are after them. Soon the whole Armada (the Queen’s ship) is after them.  The Queen sends a jet to unkidnap her…

Title: My Brother is a Superhero Author: David Solomons This book is about 2 brothers. One of them is a superhero and his name is Zack. His brother Luke could have been one too but unfortunately he needed a wee at the wrong moment.  Zack got his powers from an alien from a universe parallel to ours, where everything is the same apart from green is red and sponge cake tastes different. The alien was called Zorbon the Decider. Zack was given powers to destroy Nemesis. One of his powers is telekinesis but he has 5 others that he finds out about later in the story. Zack’s superhero name is Star Lad. Zack is secretly in love with a girl called Cara whose sister is called Lara. Zack’s first mission was to save Cara’s phone as it fell down the drain. For this mission, he used telekinesis and when Cara asks how he did it, he sort of lets his emotions show by asking her for a kiss by accident. A few days later, he saved Cara again by stopping a bus that she was on because its brakes weren’t working. He uses telekinesis again to lift the bus up…

Title: Charlie Merrick’s Misfits in I'm a Nobody, Get Me Out of Here! Author: Dave Cousins One day Charlie and Sam (Sam’s his friend) and their gang (The Misfits) go to football camp. They were DRIVING FOR HOURS, then they turned up at the WRONG place and saw a weird man who had a metal eye, 2 scars, a shark tooth around his neck, a huge knife, a utility belt and a missing finger. They soon find out he is the leader of the Go Wild Centre and his name is Survival Clive! They end up having to do Survival Skills instead of football training because they turned up at the wrong place! They end up competing against a bunch of girls called the Wild Warriors, who are actually really good! How do they do against a bunch of girls? Were the Misfits scared to compete against the Wild Warriors? Did they win? Did they survive the training given by Survival Clive? You will have to read to find out. I enjoyed this book because it’s action-packed and I wanted to read on. I give it 101/100

Title: Cap'n John the (Slightly) Fierce Author: Johnny Smith Release Date: 2/4/2015 Pages: 112 Although John Smith has a boring name, he’s not boring. His mum says he’s 1,000,000 John Smiths. In the book John has to face Captain Black on the Monstrous Curse which is Captain Black’s Ship and Captain Black is the grisliest pirate on the seas. This is how the story starts: Granddad lost his dentures and asks John to help him find them. Then when he finds the teeth he returns them but he also finds a chest with things like hats, swords, wigs, boots and gloves and lots more! This is where the pirate adventure begins. Does he walk the plank? Does he get eaten by sharks? You’ll have to read the book to find out! I give it 1,000,000/1,000,000 J I recommend it to 6+ Early Readers. Next I would like to read Sheriff John the (partly) Wild.

Title: Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost Author: Pamela Butchart This book is about class 2R in WigglesBottom Primary and the book has 3 stories. I’m going to tell you about The Curse of the Itchy Carpet! Class 2R did show and tell and Bobby brought in a weird box which said Danger, Beware and DO NOT OPEN! Then Sunita opened it before Bobby could give it to the teacher AND during storytime the Curse CAME ALIVE! All the children were itching here and there, they were itching everywhere and the teacher especially was itching her bum! J Was the curse real? Did the teacher stop itching her bum? You’ll have to read this hilarious, funny book. I like this book because it’s got cool illustrations and 3 laugh out loud stories. I recommend it to ages 6-7 early readers. I give it 101/100. Becka Moor and Pamela Butchart – please write more books in the series as I love them! J

Title: Demolition Dad Author: Phil Earle Jake and his dad have lots of secrets but one amazing secret could change their lives forever or it could be a disaster! Their secret is … WRESTLING!!! Yes on weekdays, dad is in his crane knocking down buildings but on Saturdays he is the King of the Ring, The Knockout Master, The Wrestling Star, he is the Demolition Man! No one has ever beaten him… One day, Jake enters his dad in a US competition against THE TERROR, who is the best so far at wrestling. This will competition will change their lives; well,  that depends on whether it’s a good change or a bad change! J Can dad win? Will he lose his first match? Will Arnie (his manager) help him improve? OR will he make him lose? This is a great book for wrestling fans aged 8+ and for readers who love action and long stories! I highly recommend this book and I give it 101/100. J

Title: The Sword of Kuromori Author: Jason Rohan The Sword of Kuromori is a fast paced book with lots of action! A boy called Kenny finds out his grandfather’s deepest secrets. He goes on a Japanese adventure to stop an earthquake happening. He thinks he has to destroy a satellite and if he doesn’t, it will fire a beam to make an earthquake but…. there is something even bigger waiting for him (well technically smaller but stronger) and his Japanese sidekick Kiyomi. He has been given the gift of sight which means he can see creatures which try to stop him from completing his mission. You will learn about these in the book! I was lucky enough to meet the author at a workshop at my local library where he told me all about it and about his trip to Japan which inspired the book. I can’t wait for the new one to come out!!! This is a great book for 10+ year olds because it is quite long and it has Japanese words in it which many confuse younger children but don’t worry there is a glossary at the back. This book is sooooooooooo good and despite it being…

Title: Pinocchio Author: Michael Morpurgo Have you ever read Pinocchio? We bet it wasn’t written in Pinocchio’s eyes! If you haven’t read Pinocchio we will tell you all about him. First of all, Pinocchio is a puppet, actually, the most famous puppet in the world! Also Pinocchio is more than just some cherry wood and string; he is ALIVE but he is often stupid, very stupid! At one point in the story he is so stupid that he gets robbed by a blind cat and a fox! He was made by Gepetto because he’s darling wife wanted a child. After he was made, his darling wife was full of happiness. Pinocchio does what he wants and never thinks about the consequences. Pinocchio jumps from the frying pan into the fire and is always in danger. Pinocchio is always naughty like when he ran away to the circus and he sold his ABC books that Gepetto bought him! We aren’t going to tell you anymore about Pinocchio as you will have to read the book to find out the story. Alexander’s favourite character is the blind cat because he always repeats what the lame fox says and Daniel’s favourite character is…

Title: The Astounding Broccoli Boy Author: Frank Cottrell Boyce Genre: Children's stories Release Date: 26/3/2015 Pages: 256 This book is about a boy who turns green. His name is Rory Roony. There is a bully in his class named Tommy-Lee Komissky and he has a nut allergy. One day, when he saw a wagon wheel in Rory’s lunchbox he ate it! Then he stopped breathing and turned green! This is a story where two enemies become two friends and help each other to save Christmas. But… Can they save Christmas? Does the green illness spread? Do they die? Read the book to find out! The moral of this story is “The thing that makes you different, is the thing that makes you astounding!” I like this book because it was exciting and I wanted to read on. At the beginning I found it difficult to understand what was going on but I soon got into the story and wanted to continue reading it. I recommend this book to 10+ adventure readers. I give it 9/10.