Main Street By Tia

Welcome to Camden Falls                                                                                                                             

Author:Ann M.Martin                                                                                                                             

Illustrator:Dan Anderson                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                              ISBN-978-0-439-86879-2                                                                                                                      

[Ages 7-14] Highly Recommended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Welcome to Camden Falls is a great book . It's an everyday life style book about two orphaned girls. Welcome to Camden Falls is the first book in the series of Main Street.                                                                                                                                                 

Flora and her sister, Ruby have to move to Camden Falls because their parents have died.The girl   living next door to them is a girl who loves organize things. Her name is Olivia. Nikki lives on the     wrong side of town and doesn't want to be friends at first, but once their secrets are shared friendship becomes easier. But will something go wrong???......                                                                                                                   

The next book of the Main Street series is called Needle and Thread. Welcome to Camden Falls has 22 chapters and 174 pages. At the back of the book, it's got questions you might wonder about. There are a couple of words you might find hard but other than that, the words are easy. This book is better for people in preteen years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

I  highly recommend Welcome to Camden Falls. It's a very good book. This book should be on every library shelf.                                                                                                            

Mr Stink By Ashlee

Mr Stink

ISBN-1540 08258 4

Author: David Walliams

Illustrator: Quentin Blake

(Ages: 8+) Highly Recommended

If you don't know who David Walliams is, many reviews say, he is the new Roald Dahl. He's very good at writing stories for kids. He has written other books.

Mr Stink is about a little girl called Chloe who loves to make up stories but doesn't have any friends, until she meets Mr Stink. Mr Stink is the local tramp (a homeless person) and Chloe's family has lots of money. When her mother runs for Prime Minister, she wants the local tramps thrown off the streets and Mr Stink needs a place to stay. Chloe decides to hide him in her shed. All seems well. But will the secret be kept safe? And who knows what other secrets are waiting to be told...

The last two or three chapters are very heartwarming, the others are a mix of emotions.  Mr Stink is very lovely book to read any day of the week. It has 272 pages which is not that long. There are a couple of hard words but other than that, it's easy to read.

I highly recommend Mr Stink. It's very good for Roald Dahl fans and for kids who just love to read. This book is so good, it was made into a movie!  This book should be on every library shelf.

Fred Stays with Me by Jessica P

                                                           

   FRED STAYS WITH ME !

   By Nancy Coffelt

   Illustrated by Tricia Tusa

  ( ISBN ) 978-0-86461-690-6 

 (Ages 5-9 ) 

Fred Stays With Me is a picture book for young kids. It is great for kids that love dogs. The pictures are really simple but really great and effective. Nancy Coffelt has written a lot of books. Some are Dogs In Space and I'm Sleeping. Tricia Tusa has  pictures in picture books for all different people. This book is very easy book to read if you are not the best reader. 

Fred Stays With Me is a book about a dog that that misbehaves. But no mater what his owner (the little girl) loves him. Fred (the dog) goes everywhere with the little girl and they love each other. 

Fred stays with the little girl when she goes to her dads and mums. At mums, the dog (Fred)loves to bark at the new little puppy dog next door . At dads, the dog is a bit cheeky and likes to eat all of the dad's socks.

To stop Fred form barking at mums, they take Fred on a car ride to the park. At dads to stop Fred from eating all the socks, they take Fred to the lake to run around.

Does this stop Fred from barking or from eating all the socks.  You will need to read this exciting book to find out.

Dandelion fire : By Ava K

 

Dandelion Fire
By N.D Wilson
ISBN: 978-1-74166-421-8
Age 11-16 highly recommended

Dandelion fire is a very inspirational book . This is because the author actually wrote this after he had a house fire at the age of twelve, so he had to spend nearly a year living in his grand parents attic. He expressed in this story what the attic was like. He was curious to see what was behind the walls in the attic and if the attic walls had cupboards in them so that is why the worlds are through cupboards. Nowadays N.D Wilson still checks behind walls for hidden doors!

Whilst I was reading this, I noticed there were happy and sad moments that are very touching . This book is about an adventurous boy named Henry York who discovers many portals to many unusual worlds. Some are very calm and some are an enormous terrifying adventure but Henry can't leave them because he is on a mission. The reason is because he doesn't know where he came from or who his parents are, so this is a mission to find out. I felt this was most touching because I think the worst thing that could happen to any body is their parents not being there for them. This book leaves you hanging after each chapter so it makes you very intrigued.

This book is part of a series about 100 cupboards. It has 28 chapters and was published in 2009

I truly believe this is an inspirational story.

Beast Quest The Acid Dart By Riley J

Book: Beast Quest The Acid Dart

Author: Adam Blade

ISBN 978-1-40831-520-0

Ages (8-14) Highly Recommended

Pages 121

Beast Quest is back again with it's 10th series out of eleven and this book is the 57th book in the series. Adam Blade has not stopped writing books and he has wrote 69 books. This is only one of the awesome books out of 69. I recommend that this is one of the hardest and craziest  journey yet and one of the monsters.

Something horrible lurks in the yellow marshes! It's Lustor, can Tom save the day again, this giant beast can shoot out acid. Can Tom and Ellana beat Lustor. Tom has to give it his best shot to defeat the acid dart. This book will make you feel like you are Tom or Ellana fighting the beast or going on this magical journey.

Find out how his journey went and check out how scary it becomes. Tom faced many fears and it took him quite a lot of days to find the acid dart. It's quit a mystery meeting these strange creatures and animals trying to destroy Tom. Monsters are always attacking him, it's like they're attracted to him.  If any one else trys to defeat Lustor or any other monster they will get destroyed. The king makes Tom go on the mission because Tom has the best chance of defeating the monsters.

This is a awesome choice when your're going on holiday or a drive through the jungle because all of those places are adventure places and this book and many other Beast Quest books are adventure books. This book would be an awesome choice, once you've finished it try not going on an other Beast Quest books. Every book is awesome.

Assassin By Lily C

Assassin By Lily C

Author - Patricia Finny

ISBN - 978-1-862-30376-8

(Ages-9+) Recommended

Assassin is a fantastic book and the first in the series. It is a mystery book. The Sunday Times commented, "Assassin is a gripping historical thriller". Graces Cavendish is the main character.

Assassin is a book recommended for children 9+ . This book is a page turning story. Grace is Queen Elizabeth's favorite maid of honor and her goddaughter. Queen  Elizabeth is choosing three suitors for Grace to marry when she is 16. Grace chose one of the suitors called Lord Robert. A few days later one of the suitors Grace didn't choose was murdered. They found one of Lord Roberts possessions near the body, so her future husband was accused of murder and dragged to the Tower of London. Grace wouldn't believe it so she is going to find the real murderer.

The book Assassin has 202 pages and a type of book to read on rainy days or with some munchies to snack on. This book is a book you must read and was said to be a gripping historical thriller and a book that will teach you what it was like to be in Queen Elizabeth's court.

Grace has 2 suspects now, but will she find the real murderer or has she accused the wrong person? Read on to find out. And of course enjoy this story of Grace Cavendish.

Tashi and the Mixed Up Monster By Jake.B

Tashi and the Mixed Up Monster.

Anna Fienberg

ISBN- 9781435255098

Ages 6-11 Highly Recommended

Tashi is back! It's Anna's 14th novel with an action packed story about a monster created and set loose in Tashi's village. Anna Fienberg has always been an amazing author especially when it comes to  writing adventure books that want to make you read it again and again.

A monster part lion, part goat, part serpent and part dragon is set loose in Tashi's village after a spell went wrong. Tashi tries to come up with a plan while the monster has gone to look for food. He has to get some ingredients to reverse the spell.  Tashi is smart, adventurous and fears nothing. With the help of his friends, can he save his village from being utterly destroyed?

This book should be in every library with how popular it is, and all kids, from ages 6-11, will love it.
This book is a must read for all that enjoy adventure books and it has an amazing and simple
story line. This is a great book for kids who are just starting to read novels, as it has large text and not heaps of pages to overwhelm them.

This is one of the best books I have read!! I absolutely recommend this book for all kids who love adventure and action stories. However, if you don't like adventure stories then I would not recommend it for you.

The Dragon's Eye By Jake S

The Dragon's Eye

By: Dugald A Steer

Illustrations By: Douglas Carrel

ISBN- 1741782236

Ages: (9 - 20) Highly Recommended

The Dragons Eye is all about dragons, it is a adventure novel.This is the first book in the series of "The Dragonolgy Chronicles."

The characters of The Dragons Eye are Daniel, Beatrice, Billy, Alicia, Dr Ernest Drake, Darcy.
Daniel is the main character of the book, he is 12 years old, he has a big sister called Beatrice who joins him on his adventures. Another person you learn about as a reader is there fathers friend,   Dr Ernest Drake he is the one in the book that teach's the children about dragon's.

The main part of the book revolves around Daniel, Beatrice, Dr Ernest Drake and some friendly dragons trying to find the dragon's eye gem before their enemy Ignatius Cook finds it. One of the friendly dragons and one of my favourites is called Weasel.

This book is set in the year 1882. The start of the book is set in London but then later when Daniel and Beatrice go to live with Dr Ernest Drake it is set in the forest.

The Dragons Eye would be really good for a person who loves dragon books or just someone who likes adventure and fantasy books.

The Dragons Eye has a mix of illustrations and writing styles, The illustrations can help the reader to understand what is happening alot easier.

My rating for The Dragons Eye is 86/100

Stuff Happens Ethan By William S

By Oliver Phommavanh

ISBN-978-0-14-330817-1

(Ages 7-14) Highly Recommended

Stuff Happens is a series of books with some problems that the main character has to solve.

This book is recommended for boys that love drama and everyday life.

The story is about a boy who loves to read books and he believes that his best friend, Trent does not like him anymore. Ethan met his best friend when Trent saw him reading a Dino Riders book at silent reading time. Trent and Ethan got into a fight. Trent does not come over to his house any more and Ethan doesn't want his mum to ask questions. This is a problem because Ethan doesn't make friends easily.

Ethan then has to get into a group to compete in a school competition about whose add is the best! Will Ethan and Trent become friends and who will win the competition? Find out when you borrow this book!!!

It is all about playing with your friends and sometimes doing what others want to do instead of doing what you want all the time. If you play other games you might enjoy them and meet other people too.

The Loser List By Cody.P

The Loser List 

By H.N Kowitt

ISBN-9780545240048

Ages: 8-14 Recommended

This is the first and original book of the Loser List series, H.N Kowitt writes great books because of its action packed drama and laughter. The book was first published in 2011 then continued on from there with the series.

Danni and Jasper are best friends, they like to go to a store called Comix Nation which obviously has comics in it. At school in the girls bathroom there is a Loser List where boys names are written down and it says the name and what they are on it for, Danni and Jasper are on it and they are known as geeks for starting a food fight in the school cafeteria.

Danni has a crush on a girl called Asia O'Neil, she is nearly every boys crush. In the food fight Asia O'Neil had a brand new jacket and Axl the schools worst bully got her new jacket covered in food because Axl had thrown some food and hit Asia. Danni was so annoyed because Asia thought it was Danni so Asia O'Neil hated Danni now.

Danni and Jaspers mission is to get their names off the Loser List so you have got to read the book to find out how or if they get their names off of the list. It is very intense so I recommend this book to you.

Olivia's Enchanted Summer By Diya S

Olivia's Enchanted Summer

Author-Lyn Gardener

ISBN - 978-0-85763-048-3

(Ages 8-15) Highly recommended

Olivia's Enchanted Summer is a mystery book. It is highly recommended for 8-15 years old kids. Olivia's Enchanted summer is the #4 book in the series (Olivia's). It is a book  about a thief and a circus.

Olivia is Jack's child. She thinks Alfie is Jack's kid, however he is not, but he is related. The circus (Swans) go to  Edinburgh but the whole circus is homeless and it keeps raining. Olivia meets two suspicious girls. Olivia thinks the two girls, Evie and Tati, are the thieves. Soon Jack realises that Evie an Tati are his best friend's daughters but there is bad news, they are orphans. Olivia's friends are really helpful to her and help her to investigate whether Evie and Tati are thieves.

The book, Olivia's Enchanted Summer, is a very interesting novel which has 298 pages of mystery and adventure. Lyn Gardener has done a very detailed book. It is sensible and exciting at the same time. It is a 'Nosy Crow' book. Lyn Gardiner manages to write other books in addition to Olivia and some of them are 'Into the Woods' and 'Out of the Woods'. Her ambition has been to do high wire and that is why she wrote this book.

I thoroughly  recommend the Olivia's series especially the Enchanted Summer One. It is an awesome book. It is a page turning book, no other book is like it.  It makes you use your imagination.

Try the book!! You will certainly enjoy it!!

Wild Horses By Shaylee.H

The Horses of Half Moon Ranch and Wild Horses

By Jenny Oldfield

ISBN 9781402213274

(Ages 9-17 for horse lovers)

The Half Moon Ranch are a 4 book series of fantastic books. Wild Horses is the first installment of the Half Moon Ranch books. The book is an adventure and once you pick it up you cant put it down. It is an intriguing book to read. The set are all Adventurous, emotional at times and non stop talking about horses. The feature about the book is a lost and confused Stallion who is a brave leader of a herd of horses.

The main characters in the story are Kirstie and Charlie. Kirstie loves horses and will never leave a horse behind or will never forget about it. Charlie encourage's people to make the right decisions but also will never leave a horse behind. Kirstie and Charlie are very confident riders and will never give up. 

Wild Horses is 153 pages which is a great amount of pages for kids to read. The Horses of Half Moon Ranch follows the author, Jenny Oldfield's sister Kirstie Scott and Matt Scott her brother and their passion for horses. This book is spectacular to read. It is extremely detailed, the front cover makes it stand out. The blurb is spot on and makes you want to read it. You wont be upset went you finish the book because there are three installments of the book left for you to read.

I highly recommended the Half Moon Ranch, Wild Horses book is a book that all people should read. It is a good book for a person who is just developing new styles of books and lucky that this is a series of books so that the reader can start reading bigger novels or would be inspired by the series and start there own series of books.

The Case of the Disappearing Detective by Zodee Zawadzki

The Case of the Disappearing Detective

By Anthony Read

ISBN  1844289613

(Ages 9-15) Recommended For Mystery Lovers

The Case of the Disappearing Detective is a great book with an interesting mystery. Its an old London story with very Old London slang words some that are hard to say and explain.  This book is old fashion with a famous detective Sherlock Holmes. The case of the Disappearing detective is a great fun mystery book with twist and turn all though out the Book.

The case of the disappearing detective is about Sherlock Holmes and the backer street boys wich
Will have a twist when you read who's in it. Sherlock sends the Backer street boys on a mission following a sworn enemy Mr M. Sherlock always stays in touch but when Wiggins went to talk to him he has Disappeared.

141 pages of pure mystery makes this book one to die for I say if you have trouble reading small size text it will be hard to read  for you. Even though the cover is dark and mysterious it shows you that the book is about the olden day with a dark fog. The blurb is detailed with the most beautiful summery.

Sherlock is missing. Was Mr  M behind it or did he wonder off without telling anyone read this amazing book to find out.

I recommend this book for mystery loves who love a good read, if you or someone your recommending a book to who is just getting in to novels I wouldn't read this book because there are really hard words that are hard to understand. Bigger kids this is a great book if you want a challenge to improve your reading

The Mystery Of The Mummys Mask By Ebony

The Mystery Of The Mummy's Mask

By Paul Holper & Simon Torok 

      

ISBN-978033042337

(Ages 8-12) Recommended

The Who Dun It series are mystery books. The mystery in this book is about a missing Egyptian mask. The main characters are called Hannah and Zac. They try to find out who has stolen the mask. Zac and Hannah try to sneak into the function room to find more clues at night time.

Each chapter in The Mystery Of The Mummy's Mask has a new mystery. The book is recommended for ages to 8 to 12 years old. This book uses real forensics to solve fictional mysteries.

Zac and Hannah are always sneaking around at night time looking for clues. There were policeman in their office with one of the suspects called Cleo Farrow. Zac and Hannah are working so hard to find out if its her or someone else.

This book is amazing because all of its features and the mysteries are great and you wouldn't want to put it down at anytime. It is illustrated by Stephen Axelsen. He is a very creative drawer.

I recommend everyone should read theses series because it is about fictional stories that could have of happened in ancient times. The Mummy's Mask is so precious that one person has to take care of it and that would be a very hard job, unfortunately for Millie it rests in her hands.

I like this book because the introduction tells you a bit more about how the the mask was stolen. The Rock-Star Robbery (second book in the series) that i am still reading is not near the same as this book with the mysteries and lies.  

Zac and Hannah are like detectives in this book. What they are trying to do is find out who would of stolen the mask but they are so close  to finding out.

Billie B Brown The Big Sister By Brooke Parmiter

Billie B Brown The Big Sister

By Sally Rippin

ISBN 978-192175978-9 

( Ages 4 - 14 ) Is Recommended

Billie B Brown -The Big Sister is a great book. It is one of the best books in the series. Billie B Brown is the main character and all the books are about Billie B Brown and her life adventures. 

Billie B Brown - The Big Sister is the ninth book in the series. This book is a heart warming story. Billie's mum is going to have a baby and the story is about how Billie deals with her mixed feelings around the new baby arrival. Before the baby comes Billie is extremely excited, nervous and curious. Billie has a best friend called Jack he lives next door. She tells Jack everything about her new baby sister or brother coming. That night when Billie was in bed reading with her mum, her mum said the baby is coming. Billie's dad gets her mum into the car and Billie waves good bye from Jack's place. Billie's dad picks her up and takes her to see the new baby. 

Billie's mum comes home with the new baby. As Billie is now the big sister she was going to give her teddy to the new baby. She decided to give the baby a teddy bear of its own to love and care for as Billie loves her own. 

This story is a great read for younger children. If you are looking for a book that you want to make your day read this book. Is Billie's baby a boy or girl?  Read it to find out . 

Finders Keepers by Riley C

Finders Keepers

181 Pages

By Emily Rodda

ISBN- 1862913609

(Ages 9 - 20) Highly Recommended

Main Character(s)- Patrick

Family- Patrick has a Older sister (Claire), Younger brother (Danny), Dad (Paul) and a mum (Judith)

Finders Keepers is an adventure and mystery book. Patrick has to figure out riddles that you could try and figure out with him. Patrick goes out trying to find missing objects from Eleanor Doon, Clyde O'Brien and Wendy Minelli, you wont believe where he has to go to look.

Patrick goes to all different places to find the three missing objects. Patrick tries to find the objects to win a computer! Actually not just a computer it's an Easy Way 2000 Somehow all the stuff he does leads him to the three objects.

The Finders Keepers is a must for primary school library shelves. It is a great book to read in a group, class or just yourself! I thoroughly recommend Finders Keepers as a great book! Kids that absolutely love novels would probably love this book and Emily Rodda's other book (Time-Keeper).

Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000

Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000

By Dav Pilkey

ISBN – 978 174362 598 9

(Ages 7 - 13) Highly Recommended

Captain Underpants series is back in its 11th instalment. Dav Pilkey hasn’t changed a thing in the way he delivers an action packed ridiculous adventure with the most unlikely of heroes and villains so obscure the names have to be enormous.

The Turbo Toilet 2000 wants revenge for what happened in the previous historically documented episode of captain underpants. This villain is known for devouring everything and anything in its path and this time it’s built up a real appetite. The fate of all of humanity is once again in the hands of our
unlikely heroes, George and Harold and their annoying nemesis Melvin Sneedly. Can the boys once
again defeat the Turbo Toilet 2000? Can they save all of mankind from the disasters that are imminent?

The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 is a must for primary school library shelves. The 220 pages will be devoured by most kids quickly with the typical style of Dav Pikey book lending to
short pages and weirdly engrossing silliness. Like the sanitised for your protection section where a
graphic fight scene takes place that is way too nasty for any children’s book. 4 year old guest illustrator and his 71 year old commentator nana are brought in to describe the battle in a way that
will make anyone giggle.

I thoroughly recommend the Captain Underpants series and The Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo
Toilet 2000 is as awesome as any of its predecessors. It's style is great for a developed reader who just loves the series but will also be easily read by an emerging reader making the move to novels.