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 because she couldn’t give them dark magic. She tried to es...

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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this book review until you have read all the other Alex Riders Books! Alex Rider has moved to San Francisco following the death of his guardian Jack Starbright. But is she really dead? When one day he received a three word long email, he realises that Jack is alive. The email is: ‘Alexx I’m Al’ Alex is due to go on holiday soon but he tells his new guardians (his best friend’s parents) that he is going to stay a...

This book is about a girl called Meg. Even though the title of the books makes it sound like a non-fiction book, it is a wonderfully written, emotional story. Meg has a big problem in this book! Her mum disappears on a ten day holiday to Mayanmar and Meg is left with her Granddad, to look after her baby sister Elsa and her smelly dog Pongo. However, it’s more like she has to look after Granddad, rather than him looking after her! Her mum’s di...

  This book is about a boy called Spike who gets sacked from his favourite job, a radio presenter at his local hospital’s radio station, which is also the place where his mum works! Spike is 11 years old and he is really dejected about losing his job, so he goes to see his best friends, Artie and Holly, who make him feel better with some old skool music and out of date buns from Artie’s dad’s bakery. When Spike gets home, he tells his ...

This book is about a boy called William and his dad, Bob Trundle and a very special Christmas dinosaur. William LOVES dinosaurs – he has dinosaur pyjamas, dinosaur socks, a dinosaur toothbrush, dinosaur wallpaper, two dinosaur posters, a dinosaur lampshade and lots and lots of dinosaur toys. However, all William wants for Christmas is a REAL dinosaur, even though he knows that it is impossible! Meanwhile in the North Pole, something magical is ...

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Bubble boy is an emotional debut novel about a boy called Joe. He is 11 years old and lives in an isolated room on the 12th floor of a hospital. This is because he has a disease called SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) which means he can’t fight off diseases as well as other people. This is because he doesn’t have enough white blood cells or a strong immune system. This makes his life miserable until someone new enters it… I really li...

This book is about a boy called Jatinder, who likes football. At the beginning, he is on a camp and is playing a match. He gets a penalty but misses and is really angry with himself. On his way home he sees a man who is a Sikh like him and then he disappears. He tells Esther, one of the owners of the house he is in, about him and she shows him a book about the first Sikh pilot. That night, whilst reading the book, he sees the man in his room. The...

Albert Chaudhury is 12 and has received a letter from his dad; his dead dad. He has to break into his old house to get a second letter. This letter tells him how to time travel back to 1984 to prevent his father’s tragic death in a go-kart accident. He has to do all of this whilst trying not to lose his precious hamster Alan Shearer and keeping it a secret from his granddad Byron, his mum, step-dad Steve and step-sister Carly. Can he time trave...

This book is about a boy called Joe, his mum and his best friend Ajay. Joe’s mum was the park warden and one day when Ajay came round for breakfast, some post came through the door saying…  THE PARK WAS CLOSING DOWN! So when the Prime Minister came to Joe’s town, Joe gave him a piece of his mind as his mum was going to lose her job. However, the press recorded his whole argument and put it on TV and Joe became very famous; sooooooooooo...

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…...

Galactic Hot Dogs Cosmoe’s wiener Getaway
Alexander's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 1st April 2015

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 ev...

My Brother is a Superhero
Uncategorised / 18th March 2015

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 g...

Charlie Merrick’s Misfits in I’m a Nobody, Get Me Out of Here!
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 18th March 2015

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 W...

Cap’n John the (slightly) fierce
Uncategorised / 8th March 2015

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 fin...

Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost
Daniel's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 8th March 2015

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 ...

Demolition Dad
Uncategorised / 20th February 2015

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 compe...

The Sword of Kuromori
Alexander's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 18th February 2015

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...

Pinocchio
Uncategorised / 18th January 2015

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 robb...

It’s not easy being green – The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Uncategorised / 18th December 2014

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...

Middle School – Save Rafe!
Alexander's Top 10 , Uncategorised / 1st December 2014

Title: Middle School – Save Rafe! Author: James Patterson This book is the sixth in the series and stars Rafe. He is in a school called Airbook which is an art school. Rafe went there because he enjoys art but it closed down so he had to go back to his old school. Or does he? First, before he can go back to HVMS (his old school) he has to go through an obstacle course. On his course he doesn’t know anybody. He has 8 teammates and th...