Title: Hari and his electric feet Author: Alexander McCall Smith This book is about a boy called Hari, who is an ordinary boy with a great talent. One day, a Bollywood musical was being recorded down a street so he went to watch it. This is where his dancing inspiration came from! A local man realised that Hari loved to dance so he told him that he should show his talent to the world. So, the next day Hari began dancing on the street. H...
Title: Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape Author: Dermot O’Leary Toto and Silver are cats from Puglia, Southern Italy but they now live in London with a new Mamma and Papa. Toto isn’t an ordinary cat; she is a blind, ninja cat! One night, they woke up to a strange sound coming from outside and Toto wanted to explore but Silver was too scared. In the end, Toto managed to persuade Silver to go help investigate. When they go...
Title: Skeleton Tree Author: by Kim Ventrella This book is about a boy called Stanly. Stanly’s sister is called Miren and she is very sick. She has a rare lung condition where her lungs fill up with fluid. Mum is usually at work so Ms Francine looks after them both. She is from Kyrgyzstan and tells them lots of stories about her life. Mum and Dad are divorced and Stanly really misses his dad. So, when he discovers a skeleton gr...
Title: Simply The Quest Author: Maz Evans This is the 2nd book in this series by Maz Evans. The first book is called Who Let the Gods Out? I read Who Let the Gods Out? in year 5 and I brought it into school as we were learning about the Greek Gods and my teacher was very impressed with what I’d learnt! Simply The Quest is about a boy called Elliott, his mum Josie and some famous Greek Gods. Virgo and Elliott met in the first book in t...
We wanted to say thank you so much to Ealing Broadway for selecting us as their reading heroes. We won £150 in book tokens – £50 for ourselves and £50 for each of our schools. We really enjoyed choosing the books for our schools – some of the books we chose are books we have reviewed and really enjoyed. How many of the books in the photo have you got on your bookshelf? 🙂 Some of the books are part o...
Title: The Accidental Billionaire Author: Tom McLaughlin This book is about a boy called Jasper Spam, his Nan and his cat, Rover. Jasper was an ordinary boy… well, one who got into trouble (a little bit) at school because of his inventions! One day, he was in his science lab (his shed) and he tried to split an atom, so he hit the chisel with a hammer, the hammer flew up, hit a laser beam and BAM, it hit Rover’s bum! Because of this ...
Title: Over the Line Author: Tom Palmer Jack is a young boy. This is the most important moment of his life; his debut as a professional footballer. But there is a problem, it is 1914 and the war has started. Jack has made many friends in these first football matches but when rumours start about footballers being cowards, Jack has no choice but to join up. There are other rumours too. Good rumours. Rumours about the Flanders Cup, a tourn...
We were lucky enough to win a competition on Egmont’s Facebook page to win 4 books, a backpack and a Rattify Me picture drawn by Jim Smith himself. Thank you so much for our prize. We love our picture – you can clearly see the resemblance! 🙂 If you haven’t read the Barry Loser or Future Ratboy books, you should definitely read them. They are easy to read and the illustrations are great! The Book Brothers...
Title: The Dreamsnatcher Author: Abi Elphinstone Review by Daniel: This book is about a girl called Moll, a mysterious person called Skull and Moll’s wild cat Gruff. Moll woke up one night in her camp as she heard drums and rattles and calling. The dream snatch had started… Moll was the most important person in the Ancientwood even though she didn’t know it! One night she was caught by Skull’s henchmen and was locked in a cage b...
Title: The Stone of Kuromori Author: Jason Rohan Kenny is only a teenage boy who has a great burden. He is the bearer of an almighty, powerful, magical sword and he and best friend Kiyomi have to protect the world from being overrun by Japanese beasts. This is the third book in the series and in this book Kiyomi’s soul has been stolen from her and Kenny needs to find the three sacred treasures – the sword, the mirror and the jewel �...
