Title: Kat Wolfe Investigates Author: Lauren St John If you like stories about animals, mystery and crime then this book is good for you. Kat and her mum, the local vet, live in London but after a break-in in their home, they decide it is time to move. They move to idyllic Bluebell Bay on the Jurassic Coast. When Kat starts a pet-sitting agency to get pocket money, something bad happens! Her first client goes missing! This leads to many...
Title: A Chase in Time Author: Sally Nicholls This book is about a boy called Alex and his sister Ruby. They lived with their Aunt Joanna. She was thinking of selling the house and moving. The children wished the old house wouldn’t be sold! One day, they fell into a mirror. Alex went through to the past. Ruby saw what happened so she followed him. They were now STUCK! They found themselves in 1912! They met 2 children; their an...
Title: The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree Author: Paola Peretti “All children are scared of the dark…” This book is about a girl called Mafalda and her friends Estella and Filippo. Mafalda is no ordinary girl; she is turning blind. She suffers from Stargadt Disease, which is a disease that slowly makes you lose your vision. Filippo is Mafalda’s boyfriend – even if she doesn’t want to admit it. He has his own problem...
Title: Beyond The Odyssey Author: Maz Evans This is the third book in the series. This book is based on Greek gods. Elliot Hooper was looking for the third Chaos Stone and for Panacea’s potion (to heal his sick mum). Thanatos was also looking for the Chaos Stones to destroy the whole of Earth. Elliot searched everywhere for the stone! He found out where Hypnos (hider of the stones) was and Hypnos said he would help him if he protected...
Title: The Day that aliens nearly ate our brains Author: Tom McLaughlin This book is about an ordinary boy called Freddy and his best friend Sal. It is set in an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, in an ordinary town of Wolverhampton. But they aren’t going to be ordinary for long! Freddy and Sal are trying to watch wrestling on TV by using next door’s transmitter but they accidentally disturb an alien called Alan, who wants to e...
Title: Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God Author: Rob Lloyd Jones Review by Daniel Bisland age 10 This book is about a boy called Jake, his sister Pan and their parents Jane and John Atlas and their friend Sami. The family are treasure hunters who were on the run from the police. They were searching for the snake lady who they met in the previous book. One day Sami, the gadget maker was adultnapped and the Atlas family were t...
Title: You are Awesome Author: Matthew Syed This book is AWESOME! This book has boosted my confidence! Before I read “You are Awesome”, I had a Fixed Mindset but now I have a Growth Mindset! Some famous people have also made mistakes or have been rejected, like J K Rowling, who was rejected by 32 publishers with her first Harry Potter book. This book teaches you that some things don’t always go to plan but you must never gi...
Title: Iguana Boy saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza Author: James Bishop This book is about a boy called Dylan. His siblings, Arctic Thunder and Millie Monday are both superheroes but he isn’t. UNTIL… One day, Dylan is playing with his toy car and ends up throwing it, hitting his pet iguana. Suddenly, the iguana says, “Ow”. This is his super power; talking to iguanas. The worst power EVER, he thought, but was it? His ar...
Title: My Magical Life Author: Zach King Zach’s family is magical. But there is one problem – Zach hasn’t found his magical object yet and his family fear that he has been skipped over and isn’t magic after all. This is a big problem because Zach is home-schooled but now he must go and face the dangers of a real school. However, on his first day, he makes a friend called Aaron but he also makes an enemy called Tricia, who covers...
Title: Radio Boy and the Revenge of Grandad Author: Christian O’Connell This is the second book in the series and it is about a boy called Spike who is also known as “Radio Boy”. Spike has his own radio show called “The Secret Shed Show”, which is still running after his run-in in the first book with “Fish Face” (Spike’s headmaster). One day, Spike’s Grandad arrives at his house after being kicked out by his Nan! Spike...
