Reckless By Aman B

Reckless

By Cornelia Funke

ISBN 978-1-906427-65-8

Ages( 12+ ) Highly Recommended

Pages-352

Reckless is an amazing, fantasy book and the first book of the series. It is a years 6 to 9 Premier's Reading Challenge and more suitable for young adults. The Sunday Times commented, 'A haunting story of loyalty, betrayal, magic, love and danger.'

'THE MIRROR WILL ONLY OPEN TO HE WHO CANNOT SEE HIMSELF.' Through a mirror is a dangerous world. For years now Jacob Reckless has enjoyed its secrets and treasures. Soon everything changes, one mistake, after all those years of caution. Jacob's younger brother Will, one day follows him into the mirror, dark magic turns him from a boy to beast, breaking the heart of the girl he loves. Can love save Will? Unless Jacob can find a way to save them. It's time he lived up to his name.

My favourite paragraph: He'd seen it all before, on another face: his mother's. Too much pain. Too much love. He didn't want all that anymore. He wanted stone, cool, firm, so different from all the softness, the yielding, the vulnerability, and lachrymose flesh.

I highly recommend the Reckless. Cornelia Funke forces the reader to enter a new world full of danger and adventure. Reckless is a thriller with elements of action and horror throughout. The 352 pages quickly disappear as the reader is absorbed into the pages. Make sure you read this book!

Invisible Stanley by Riley C

Invisible Stanley

Author: Jeff Brown

Illustrator: Scott Nash 

Ages 6-12 Recommended

ISBN 1540 07864 0

Flat Stanley is back! But where is he? What exciting adventures will Flat Stanley have? 

Jeff Brown introduces invisibility in the sixth book of the Flat Stanley series. He has put heaps of enjoyment into these 85 pages that nearly everyone will enjoy.

Jeff Brown worked with Scott Nash to produce another classic book. Scott Nash has done all the pictures and characters including Stanley himself.

Finding out he is invisible is a shock at first but Stanley then finds out he can do heaps of amazing things when he is invisible. He finds it easy to help people or stop crimes but there are some things that are not good about being invisible. 

In the story Stanley wakes up and is hungry. He goes to eat food then he goes back to bed. When he wakes he discovers the worst, but maybe it could have been the best thing that had ever happened to him. He was invisible!

He could help nearly everyone with anything but being invisible is hard. He holds a balloon so the person he is helping can see him.  

I believe heaps of kids will LOVE this book and I recommend it for 6-12 year old kids. My favourite part is when Stanleys mum ( Mrs Lambchop ) makes a balloon like Stanley so everyone can see where he is. 

Go and find Flat Stanley NOW! Check it out for yourself at your closest library by using this link... now!

Awful Auntie by Celeste

Awful Auntie

Author: David Walliams

(Age 9-12) Highly Recommended

ISBN- 9780007453610


272 pages of amazement and excitement await you! Awful Auntie is a book you won't be able to put down.

The main characters of this book are Stella, Aunt Alberta, Alberta's owl Wagner, Soot the ghostly chimney sweep and the butler Gibbon. Aunt Alberta killed Stella's parents and tries to trick Stella into handing over the inheritance. Luckily Stella is very smart and knows that it is odd for her auntie to want all the money of Saxby Hall.

Aunt Alberta tries lots of things to trick Stella. One of her main sneaky tricks is to dress up as a detective who supposedly knows everything about Stella's parents' death. Alberta won't tell Stella much about her parents' death and won't tell her any information until she gets the money.

Stella finds her aunt is annoying and mean. She wishes that her mum and dad were back at the house but she doesn't know how they died. When her aunt locks her in the cellar, Stella meets a ghost. Stella is scared at first but then gets to know him and they become friends. They climb up the chimney and escape from the cellar. Unfortunately Aunt Alberta catches Stella but can't see the ghost because when you are an adult, you can't see ghost's. Sadly, when Stella has her next birthday, she won't be able to see Soot the ghost either.

Awful Auntie is an exciting, mystery book, you won't know what will happen next! This book probably interests more girls than boys but some boys will definitely like this book. Lots of books can take a while to start enjoying but this book instantly draws you in.

Awful Auntie is truly a book to love and I think any child between the ages of 9-12 will love this book. David Walliams writes some awesome books but this is probably one of his best books done.

Will Stella's aunt get all the inheritance?
Will she find out what happen to her parents? You won't know until you read the book!!

Magnus Chase and the sword of summer By Alec L

Magnus Chase and the sword of summer

Age recommendation: (12+) Strongly recommended

ISBN: 978-0-14-134242-9

Author:Rick Riordan 

Rick Riordan is back with an all new series with the main character being Magnus Chase, cousin of Annabeth Chase. His dad is the Norse god of Spring and Summer and Magnus has to find his dad's sword which has been lost for two thousand years.

This book is recommended to older audiences with interests of Norse mythology or just like reading action packed adventures with plot twists and great humour along the way. This book exercises the mind by teaching norse mythology while also having a fun time time reading the book at the same time. This outstanding book should go to local and school libraries as you can't put the book down once you read it. Also, this book has the exclusive story of the Crown of Ptolemy.

Magnus has an everyday teenage life until his mother killed by wolves in a fire and ends up being homeless. Things couldn't get worse until his somewhat wacky uncle Randolph tells him that he's the son of A Norse god and that he's being followed. He finds the sword his father lost thousands of years ago but then gets 

killed by a fire giant called Surt, destined to lead an army of giants into Ragnarok.  Magnus loses the sword again. He is taken by Odin to Valhalla, the afterlife of the chosen few to fight in his army of Einherjar.

The sword of summer is a blend of myth and modern day with lots of humour on every page as well as having lots of breathtaking moments. As Magnus and his friends venture through the nine worlds searching for the sword of summer he encounters strange things like build-battles to the death or talking to a decapitated head of a god. Will Magnus and his friends find the sword of summer and save the world before it's too late? Read Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer now to find out!

For more information about the author and his new releases. Go to: http://rickriordan.com/

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Burning Bridge by Jake S

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Burning Bridge

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Burning Bridge

Author - John Flanagan

ISBN - 1-74166-090-4

[Ages 10+] Highly Recommended

John Flanagan is back with another amazing Ranger's Apprentice book and this time it's better than the first. The 276 pages in this book will be enjoyed by anyone that is within the age range and maybe even older. Will is still trying to find the wargals and see how they're going to attack. This time the wargals are going to Celtica. Will and Halt need to go back to castle Araluen because while exploring to find the wargals, Halt got hurt. Once they returned to Castle Araluen, they got someone else to go to Celtica with them.

When they got to Celtica they noticed that no one was there. They figured that the Wargals had already been there before them. On their way to Celtica, they found someone that was in need of help. This person was called Evenlyn. She was a princess but the Wargals made her lose the castle. After exploring a little more, they found the base that the wargals were using, but this time they had Skandians on their side. The Skandians are basically war gods. They know almost everything about war and they have amazing strategies. Will and Evenlyn have to burn a bridge to stop the Wargals and Skandians from advancing and getting to their castle quicker. Will they be able to burn the bridge in time? Will they get back to Castle Araluen safely? Find out in this amazing book.

This is the second book in The Ranger's Apprentice series and there is many more books in the series. The first book is The Ruins of Gorlan, the third book is The Icebound Land, the fourth book is The Battle of Skandia and the fifth book is The Sorcerer in the North. There are many more books in the series that will keep you never wanting to put the book down.
Go to this link to see All books for The Ranger's Apprentice

Kick it to Nick - Outbreak on the Oval by Riley J

Kick it to Nick - Outbreak on the Oval

By Shane Crawford

ISBN: 978 0 14 330788 4

(Aged 7+) Highly Recommended

Illustrated By Adrian Beck

Kick it to Nick is #4 in the series. The story centers around an action packed game but our hero, Nick, doesn't know what is coming. You can see by the cover what is going to happen but it has a twist. He had been replaced as captain before a big game of football. In the previous book Nick and his friends thought they defeated all the mutant bugs but unfortunately he didn't.

Nick was replaced as captain right before the game, it was his worst nightmare to come true and it did, he didn't think that it was coming, a big bad thing was threatening to destroy the school in her sights and also she is not happy. Nick, Ella and Bruiser (who are Nick's friends who play in his football team) needed to challenge the most ugliest and nastiest thing. 

Bruiser thought that checking the oval before the game is a good idea but Nick didn't want to. Will they go and listen to bruisers plan or not, and not go? Nick came home in goo after squishing  all of the mutant bugs (in the previous book), Bruiser found a mould of rocks before the game, Ella found a skeleton of a dead wombat lying there straight after. All these crazy scenarios lead towards a great ending.

Overall my opinion is that this is a awesome book for anyone who likes football and it doesn't matter if you're a boy, or a girl. It's just a great book for anyone, and all of the hard work the author has put in for this exciting, funny rollercoaster ride. 

Warriors:The New Prophecy, Midnight by Katey G

Warriors: The New Prophecy, Midnight

Author: Erin Hunter

Highly Recommended for ages 10+ 

 ISBN: 9780060744502

Erin Hunter has made an amazing 3rd Warriors series, The New Prophecy. This series is an addition to Dawn Of The Clans and Warriors. The series has 6 books in it, just like every other Warriors series.

Darkness, Air, Water and Sky will come together and shake the forest to it's roots. All the Wild Cat clans, Shadowclan, Riverclan, Windclan, Thunderclan and Starclan lived in peace and harmony for many moons. But suddenly strange messages from Starclan (their warrior ancestors) speak of new prophecies and a mysterious danger. Brambleclaw, a young Thunderclan warrior, has the fate of the forest in his paws, but who are the other cats mentioned in this prophecy?

Midnight takes you on a action packed journey that begs the reader to read onward. Brambleclaw and the other 5 cats will take you on a journey to sun-drown-place in which no cat had yet heard of before.
Will the 6 cats make it to sun-drown-place? What or who will be waiting for them at this place?

The story describes the cats and where they are. It is easy to picture in your head what is happening. There are always twists and turns when you least expect it.

I love this book because of how descriptive it is and I also love the journey that it takes you on. I found it very hard to get my head out of the book. This is one of my favourite books ever and it was a fantastic start to The New Prophecy series.

For more information about Warriors go to http://warriors.wikia.com/wiki/Warriors_Cats_Wiki

Star wars:The empire strikes back:So you want to be a jedi By Navi R

Star wars The Empire strikes back: So you want to be a jedi

By Adam Gidwitz

ISBN: 978 - 176 - 012 - 6025

(Aged 10+)Highly recommended

Star Wars empire strikes back is a great book. The book is mostly based on Luke skywalker as you play as him in the book. There are also lot's of well known characters like  Darth Vader, Princess Leia, C3PO, R2D2, Yoda, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Obi One Kenobi.

Star Wars Empire strikes back has lessons in it for the reader to have the chance to be like a jedi. This book is like a behind the scenes of how luke felt in the movie The Empire Strikes Back.

As the blurb states, It seems cool. You can move things with your mind. Control people with your thoughts. Oh, and the lightsaber. Yeah, those are awesome. But it's not all mind control and weaponized flashlights. Being a jedi is hard work. Also, there are bad guys. Lots of bad guys. Who want to kill you.

In the book there are four different sectors with at least four chapters in each section. Each of these sectors separate monumental stages of the movie. I recommend to read this book before the movie to get more understanding in the movie but if you've already watched the movie it's still awesome. This book to me is a really good book because it's fun, some bits are funny, its really serious in some bits and interesting in a way only Star Wars can be.

Lina at the Games by Mia H

Lina at the Games

Author: Sally Rippin

Illustrator: Lucia Masciullo     
ISBN-978-0-14-330702-0

Age (8-12) Highly Recommended

Travel back in time to 1956 with Lina in the book 'Lina at the Games'. Lina at the Games is the third book out of a #4 book series. It is about girl whose mother and father used to live in Italy but then they moved to Australia for work.

Lina is all about "Melbourne Olympics" and that she has been selected as a magazine reporter. Lina is hoping Dawn Fraser will win gold for Australia. She can't believe her old friend Mary decided to stop doing the magazine and she NOW has to put up with her enemy Sarah.

Someone in Lina's family is trying to look for a job. One time when Lina snuck out of school, she saw him drinking with Australians so she didn't he was very serious about getting a job.

Guess what Lina knows someone who's famous! Can you guess who it is?
Does Dawn Fraser win gold for Australia?
Does Lina's mother find out who it is?
Find out in the book "Lina at the Games."

I  highly recommend Lina at the Games because it is a AWESOME book for children who want to learn about Australian history.  It will take you on an excellent journey about life in 1956.

For more information go to www.penguin.com.au

Flat Stanley Sarah L

By Sarah L

  ISBN-1540 10776 6

  Author : Jeff Brown
                           
  Illustrator : Scott Nash

  Age : 7-11 Highly recommended
                                                             
Flat Stanley is a brilliant book about a flat boy. When I say flat I mean truly flat, actually one half inch thick. He does not only see the world as big, he sees it as flat.  Stanley has problems with being flat so he gets a lot of stares. Stanley has a brother Arthur, he likes to go to the park a lot with Arthur.

Stanley and his brother like to fly their favourite kite. Stanley's brother had a really good idea. Arthur tied Stanley on the kite and he said, "up, up and away." Stanley went really high and he got a lot of weird and happy looks.

Two hours has past and Stanleys brother was really hungry, so he heard a group of boys say to his brother, "do you want to have a hot dog?", of course he said yes. He let the kite go and Stanley went really high, two minutes later Stanley got stuck in a really big tree.

Hours had past, Stanley had been there for a really long time, eventually his brother came and tried to get him down. Stanley finally got himself down, he was really mad at his brother. By the time they got home it was midnight, Stanley scooped himself into his p.j's and went to bed.

 Stanley's brother heard Stanley crying and he went to see why? Stanley's brother had a little talk about the whole situation about being flat, Stanleys brother got the blower and put it in Stanleys mouth, he was not flat anymore.

Will Stanley go flat again? Will he get bullied or teased? Will he be different? How will he react? Go read the book it is amazing and you would get so many ideas of making your own book It will inspire you.

The World's Worst Children By Skye H

The World's Worst Children

By David Walliams

Illustrated By Tony Ross

ISBN: 978-0-00-819704-9

Age: 8-12 Highly Recommended

The World's Worst Children is a great book by David Walliams he has written many other novels including Demon Dentist, Gangsta Granny, Awful Auntie, Ratburger, Billionaire Boy, The Boy In The Dress, Mr Stink and Grandpa's Great Escape. He has also written some picture books like The First Hippo On The Moon, The Bear Who Went Boo, The Slightly Annoying Elephant and The Queen's Orang-Utan.

The World's Worst Children is about some of the world's worst children including a child who dribbles 24/7,  a child who spends all their life watching TV,  a child who never cleans themselves or their room, a child who can't sit still for more than a second and a child who trains his nits to do horrible things. Will the terrible children learn their lesson and be good children or will they continue to behave in the horrible way?

The World's Worst Children should be on all library shelves. This book has 262 pages filled with colourful pictures, different fonts and has humour that 8-12 yr olds would love.

I definitely recommend this book for children aged 8-12 The World's Worst Children is a fantastic book. Children who like novels with colourful pictures in novels will love this book and won't be able to put it down.

For more information about David Walliams and his other books visit his website
The World Of David Walliams

Heromice Robot Attack by Mason F

Heromice Robot Attack

By Geronimo Stilton

ISBN  978-0-545--66813-2

(Ages 8-13

Geronimo Stilton and all his friends have exciting and very dangerous adventures. Geronimo doesn't seem to want to go on adventures but he always enjoys hanging out and completing missions with his friends especially in the Heromice series.

Muskrat City has had an extremely horrifying blackout and no one could see a thing. Even if you had a superpower to see in the dark it was impossible to see anything, you couldn't even see a 20 foot building built right in front of you. A group of villainous robots are stealing the city's jewels and all the shops that have products worth millions of dollars are in deep trouble.They are all depending on Geronimo and all the Heromice in Muskrat City to find out who's behind the attack and to defeat the robots to save their city once again.

Will Geronimo and the Heromice be able to find out who's behind all this mischief? Will they be able to solve this thrilling mystery so Muskrat city can live another day in there odd but action packed city!If you want to figure out who's behind this and see how Geronimo and the Heromice save the city again read Heromice Robot Attack.

Matilda By Jess P

Matilda By Jessica P

Name of book : Matilda  

Author : Roald Dahl  

Illustrated : Quentin Blake

Age : 8 - 11 ( recommended )

ISBN : 0-14-032759-2

Matilda is a well known book written by Roald Dahl, about a young girl that loves to read. Matilda is a book that has lots of adventures throughout the way and you can never tell whats going to happen next.

It all starts when Matilda found a passion for reading when she was 4. She read newspapers, till one day when Matilda decided to go to a library. She started to read kids books, then teen books and finally adults books. With the help from Mrs Phelps (the librarian), Matilda learns how to borrow books. Mrs Phelps thought Matilda was a lovely and extraordinary girl, but her parents did not. Her parents thought both reading and Matilda were a waste of time and space.

Matilda's dad is a salesman who lies about what he sells. He only cares about business, being rich and Matilda's brother taking over the business. Matilda's mum on the other hand cares about her looks and also being rich and has a gambling problem with the game of bingo. Matilda was getting quite sick of her parents and decided to pull some tricks on them, even though she knew it was wrong. Did she get away with them? Does anyone realise what she is doing?
                   
Matilda started school late and was put in the lowest class. Miss Honey the young and friendly teacher and Miss Trunchbull the principal were her classroom teachers. Miss Honey was stunned about Matilda's skills of reading and mathematics and went to Miss Trunchbull to ask to about Matilda moving to the highest level. Miss Trunchbull refused to let Matilda go up levels because she had Mr Wormwood's word that Matilda was a brat. Miss Honey refuses to let this happen and is going to try to get Miss Trunchbull to let her go up the highest level and not let Matilda's talents go to waste.

Suddenly Matilda discovered an extremely rare power. She can move things with her eyes. She was so happy, she wanted to keep it a secret, but she had to tell one person that she trusted which was Miss Honey. Miss Honey was amazed and offered Matilda to come to her house to investigate her extraordinary power.Will she keep her power forever?

I think Matilda is a lovely book that is very inspiring and adventurous. I highly recommend reading it if you haven't already. Matilda is great read for emerging readers through to confident readers.

Boys vs Girls By Brooke P

Boys vs Girls

By Rowan McAuley

ISBN 978-192128865-4

(5-10) Highly recommended 

The book, boys vs girls is a great classic, it has all the juicy drama that is expected in a boys vs girls novel. This book is one in a kind in its series. It has great but short chapters, good for younger children.

There are a few main characters in this book, and they are Isabelle, Aysha, Holly, Oscar, Dylan and Joe.

Isabelle and her friends are at school and are getting ready for the end of school. They have a project to do together. But the teacher is keeping them in, but after five minutes they are let out. The six of them Isabelle, Aysha, Holly, Oscar, Dylan and Joe make it to a little classroom full of computers. The three girls start on their projects and well the boys just chat.

Isabelle and the her classmates all have a diary, and everyone says that Isabelle's, is the most precious thing that she owns. So when Isabelle and her friends find out that when they were hard at work with their projects, Isabelle's diary was stolen they were devastated. Will Isabelle get her diary back?

Will we ever know who stole Isabelle's precious diary? If you want to find out all of this crazy but juicy drama, take a risk and read the book.

This book is great it will wrap you up into a little reading ball and engross you within the world of boys and girld. It should be in all libraries because it is a great book for young children. 

P.S. Not one hundred percent sure if book in school library.:)

Oracle By Ashlee M

Oracle

Author; Jackie French
Illustrator; Darren Holt

ISBN-780732 288402

[Ages 10+] Highly Recommended

Oracle is a history fiction by the amazing author, Jackie French who has written over forty-five books for all ages. She has been writing for many years and this book is possibly one the best.

Oracle is about a young boy called Nikko and his sister called Thetis. On the day Thetis was born, Nikko's father took her out to die in the woods. Nikko's brother, Aertes, said if they were taking the baby out to the woods, it was a girl. He said there was no use for girls. Nikko didn't get this. When his brother was finally asleep, he went out to get her. When Nikko got to her, an eagle looked like it was protecting her. When Nikko came back to the village, his father was mad and didn't show it. His mother was happy and the people of the village just stared at him. That's when they named her Thetis. After 5 years, she still didn't speak. She just watched what other people did. Her mother thought it was because nobody talked to her except her and Nikko. She decided to take her to the local hag. The hag said the mother (like goddess but a woman with 3 faces. Read the book to find out more) took part of her gift and that she could give it back. When Thetis began to talk, they found out she could tell the truth and see the truth. A few months passed and it was time for the kings men to come down to villages and take sacrifices for the king. The men have an idea to hide half the barley. Nikko's father make Nikko promise not to tell Thetis. Nikko makes Thetis promise not to talk to the kings men. One day, Nikko was walking on the road outside the village with Thetis on his shoulder. Thetis said she wanted to be a butterfly. Nikko sang a song with no words. Not long after, an acrobat appeared, claiming (truthfully) that he used to dance for the king. He said Thetis and Nikko had some talent. When the kings men came into the village, Nikko's father made Thetis promise not to talk to anyone because he thought Thetis had told the kings men. The acrobat said to swap Nikko and Thetis for the sacrifice. Will they survive performing for the king? Will they ever see their family again? The ending will astound you.

The last page of the story is my favourite but I don't wish to give the ending away. This book helps us know the past about when the 'Oracle' was around. 

I would recommend any of Jackie French's books to anyone older than 11. She writes books for all ages. Picture books, young novels and older themes for adults. Jackie won Elder Citizen of the Year in Australia. All her books are great for some ages. Some, on the other hand, are too old for young children. The book really has a meaning to it. Jackie makes Oracle seem like it was based on a true events.

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Ruins of Gorlan by Jake S

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Ruins of Gorlan

The Ranger's Apprentice - The Ruins of Gorlan

Author - John Flanagan

ISBN - 978-0-14-240663-2

[Ages - 10+] Highly Recommended

This is the first book of the Ranger's Apprentice series, The 280 pages in this book will give enjoyment to anyone within the age range and maybe even higher. This is a medieval themed book that is based around one character called Will. His dad died in the war where mythical animals attacked Castle Redmont (Where he lives). Ever since his dad died he wanted to be a warrior to follow in his footsteps. But, when he was at the choosing ceremony he got picked to be a ranger, not as a warrior. Although desperately wanting to be a warrior he accepted that he had to be a ranger, so his training started with Halt.

The mythical animals are going to attack his castle for the second time, after losing the first time they are hoping to win this time. Will's job is to get information of how they're going to attack. He has to go searching across the plains of Uthal to get to their castle. Will he find be able to find out how they're going to attack? Will Castle Redmont be able to stop them?

Read this amazing book to find out the answers to these questions. The next book in the series is The Burning Bridge, The third book is the Icebound Land, and the fourth is The Battle for Skandia. There is many more amazing books in this series that will keep you wanting to know what will happen next for a long time. All books for ranger's apprentice.