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.

Ninja Meerkats by Ryan S

 Ninja MeerKats

(7-11) years

ISBN    9781847152046

By  Gareth P. Jones

Ninja Meerkats is a very exciting book that made me read twenty pages without stopping and I was still interested. I'm not a big reader either and if you read it you will love it too.

It's about a bunch of meerkats that stop the enemies that are also meerkats. They fight them off and have a great time doing it. Their leader is called Chuck. He is my favourite character because he is very strong and helpful to the other meerkats. He also has my favourite colour on him which is green.

The other meerkat in the group is just normal. I think they could have added them in a bit more and not let Chuck do most of the work.The other meerkats just stay back in their fight position and not even fighting. They just tell Chuck where they are and he gets them. They only fight when the enemy meerkats come near them which really doesn't happen very often.

They get kicked out of their homes at one point because the council cuts their tree down.

Ninja Meerkats is a fantastic book and it has a good storyline about how they work together as a team. It will teach younger children who are reading it how to work as a team.

The Wrong Book by Sharla

The Wrong Book                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           By Nick Bland

ISBN:978-1-74169-304-9

(Ages 5-7) Recommended

The book is about Nicholas Ickle. He is trying to tell a story but keeps getting interrupted by all kinds of weird things. The age recommendation is 5-7. I think for any kids above this age they will not find it funny.The elephant keeps saying what the book is about.     

At the end, he finally said what the book is about and whatever the elephant says, it will appear.  I didn't find it funny but you might I'm a big reader but I didn't find it interesting.

Nick Bland lives in Darwin where he is a full time writer and illustrator.  

Meet The Werewolfsons by Andreas

         

Meet The Werewolfsons

Knife and Packer

ISBN 978-1-74283-671-3

AGES 5-12
character(s)wilf winny Mr werewolf son Mrs werewolf son


The Werewolfson's are just your average every day family, Yes they are  covered in hair and the dad  is one of the most embarrassing disco dancers for his kids.  They live in Freak Street and every full moon,  they would party.There are flees everywhere  in their house making party people itch.   They hate flees.  Wilf really wants to find a star in space, and name it after his mother.

The problem is when they are having a full moon party and celebrating,  a big beast comes along and carries lots more flees and every one goes crazy.  People scream.  People shout.   People run for their fur  protection, and  they hate flees so bad.

Mr Werewolfson  loves his lucky shiny gold comb.  Without it, he is week,  sad and angry. He is a pet person  He won  his lucky comb at the competition.

I think this is a great book to read for people because its funny,  really enjoyable,  and exciting to see what happens next.  Enjoy

by andreas

Meet Pearlie By Eva

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Meet Pearlie

By Gabrielle Wang

ISBN: 978-0-140330794-5

(Ages 8 - 12) Highly  Recommended

The book is about Pearlie and her friend Naoko. She is Japanese. Naoko is more adventurous than Pearlie. They have amazing adventures together in a cave, meeting lots of  dangerous animals like large carpet pythons in the bushes. They have a really great time together exploring the diamond cave in 1941. They explore all the big and small chambers together in the diamond cave.

The chapters in book are Snow Whites, The Stranger, Diamond Cave, The Scrapbook, The Break-in, The Darkroom, The Gold Bracelet, The Red Truck,  Pearl Harbor and Missing. All the chapters have fantastic stories of Pearlie and Naoko's adventures in 1941 in Darwin.

In the story, Pearlie's life changes every day because it is war time.The soldiers are going against Pearlie's best friend Naoko just because she is from Japan. Pearlie gets even more sadness in her because people are going against Naoko Pearlie's best friend. Will Pearlie be brave enough to do what's right or will she be too scared and stand back?

Read to find out what happens to Pearlie and Naoko.

Meet The Humansons by Lachlan D

Meet The  Humansons

By Knife&Packer

ISBN-9781741690644

(Ages between 7-14) Highly Recommended


The Humansons are just your average everyday family. This book is about a really dumb family:

• Yes they clean their car with yogurt 
• Yes they've trained their pet slug to belly dance 
• Yes Harriet Humanson invented the 'Toffee Tie
• And yes, they're looking for a new pet... at the zoo!

But that's nothing out of the ordinary right?

The annual pet day is coming up soon at Harry and Harriet's school. Horace their pet slug is sick and Harry has no pet to enter in the competition .The prize is a visit to the zoo with Woof Barkwel. Woof Bakewel is a zoo keeper who runs his own zoo, but he seems to have gone missing because no-one has seen Woof Barkwel for a while and the competition has been postponed. Harry is still in the competition but the he needs to get a new pet to enter the competition. They think of a pet shop but they end up in a Zoo! They were looking around at all of the animals for sale then Harry and Harriet spotted a giant gold fish. But what is it really though?

Meet the Humansons is a funny and exciting series that's always full of adventure. I would have to say this is my favorite book that I have read. I know it is a very popular book, so you will have to reserve it quick, if you want to get it. 
This is a amazing book you will love and this book is for all genders.

                                                   My Rating Is 99/100 
   

The Red Pyramid by Nhial C

The Red Pyramid

ISBN 978-0-141-35039-4

By Rick  Riordan

ages (10-15) Recommend

I chose this book because it looked fascinating on the cover and sounded good when I read the beginning. At first it didn't really grip me until I read more. The middle part made it become interesting as I found out all of the crazy stuff that was happening.

Carter and Sadie Kane's Dad is a brilliant Egyptologist. He has a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Seth,the evil  god of chaos magic.

Seth is in prison, Dr Kane is in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie have to run for their lives. To save their Dad, they  must embark on terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to the house of life, an Egyptian temple of magic that existed over one thousand years.

Then Seth unleashes demons from the underworld to release the great storm and fulfil his master plan to make the modern world into his evil world so he can rule it forever. Carter and Sadie must challenge Seth to restore the world and save their dad.  

This book is fascinating and full of action. People who like Egyptian history would enjoy reading this book.

Naughty Fairies by Alyson H

Title:Naughty Fairies

Author:Lucy Mayflower

ISBN:0-34091177-8

(Ages 8-11) Recommend

Naughty Fairies is about a fairy school full of fairies and the problems that the student fairies face.

In the back of the room there are five fairies and their names are Brilliance, Nettle, Kelpie, Tiptoe and Sesame they're naughty. They do not listen to the teacher in class but when they have to make fairy dust they don't know what to put in it because they were talking.

When they say the magic word the stuff that they put together blew up and the fairy science teacher shouted "TEST" so all the fairies had to do a test and the naughty fairies aren't happy. They make a plan to go find and catch some insects and put them in a flower pot. Unfortunately though in the morning they will come out and find the fairies are no longer where they were supposed to be.

Naughty Fairy books are a fun read and an enjoyable ride.

Maxx Soccer Shocker By Michael

Maxx Rumble Soccer Shocker

By Michael Wagner

Illustrated By Terry Denton

ISBN - 9781922244819

( Age 8 - 19 ) Highly Recommended

Rating 98/100

The Maxx Rumble Shocker is for people in soccer (football). you could read all of Michael Wagner series and very talented illustrator Terry Denton

This book is about them attempting to win the grand final  with the team Archie Beckham ,Harriet Kewell, Diego Ronaldo , Maxx Rumble , Rexx Rumble ,Bobby Kahn and Wayne Best  with their coach Lionel Beckham

No one knows if they win the grand final if they make it.They could have put it on a year later or after? Because they could have tried 3 times to make it.

It is great for people that want to now how to play soccer or know more about this magnificent sport becuase they give handy hints.

There is a family bond with Maxx and Rexx. Because they help each other with things they do wrong.

I think this is a excellent book for so many people.It is the best soccer (football) book I have read so far.You should try this book so go find it in the library.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Rylie S

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

By Jeff Kinney

ISBN-978-0-14-330499-9

Ages 8-14 Recommended

Dairy of a Wimpy Kid is a series of books . There are more than nine books and 3 movies about the Wimpy Kid. It is a very popular book in school libraries.

This book is recommended for boys and girls that like drama and comedy.

This book is about a kid called Greg Heffley who tries to go through high school with his friend Rowdily. Rowdily is a kid who still acts like a five year old when he is almost twelve years old. Greg thinks he might be afraid of growing up but Greg wants to grow up so doesn't have to go to school. This book made me laugh in some of the parts and it was very interesting. This is why is I recommend this book to read. :)