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.

James and the Giant peach By Ben.G

James and the Giant Peach

The author that wrote this book was Roald Dahl.

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Recommended age:  6-12

When James parents were alive he had a happy life. His parents were kind to him. James' parents were eaten by an enormous angry rhinoceros, so now he lives with Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. They beat him and starved him and make his life a misery. One day he meets a mysterious man who gives him a bag of magic crocodile tongues. And so begins the adventure of his dreams.

He meets some giant insect friends in the peach and they flew to New York, He met some cloud men on the way and they danced around in the sky. When they finally made it to New York, they were swooped by a plane and they fell onto the New York Tower.

This book is interesting and makes you want to keep on reading.  This book  is filled with dreams and imagination of his adventures. 

I would recommend this book to children aged 10 - 12.