Three Times Lucky – Sheila Turnage

Rating: 8/10 

Age: 10-12

Recommended For: Girls or boys

Genres: Adventure/Mystery

Summary: Meet Mo LoBeau: she is a natural-born detective. Her summer is looking pretty good. That is until she realises what’s coming. After a murder and a kidnaping, car crash and hurricane Mo’s summer changes and her detective skills are put to the test. Will she find who is up to this mischief or will it be a mystery? Thankfully Mo has always been quite a lucky girl. I liked how the author wrote the book using words that were

Shine On Daizy Star – Cathy Cassidy

Rating: 5/10

Age: 8+

Recommended For: Definitely young girls

Genres: Slice of real life

Summary: She hasn’t always been the normalest of people in year six with her friends Willow and Beth but she still loves life. But what will happen when Dad comes up with a mad plan that will turn life all the way around and Daizy is too afraid to tell anyone. Pretty soon she will be all tangled

The Book Thief -Markus Zusak

Rating: 9/10 

Age: 10-12

Recommended For: I think readers who are quite mature and that are sensible but boys or girls could both read it.

Genres: You can list more than one.

Summary: Liesel Meminger is a Book Thief, living with a foster family in Germany during World War Two. Torn from everything she’s known, her foster father shows her the power of words as the two of them share late night reading sessions of The Grave Digger’s Handbook one of the books that she has stolen. Her love of books ties her to others, including the mayor’s wife and Max, the Jew the family hides in the basement.

City of Bones – Cassandra Clare

Rating: 8/10

Age: 12+

Recommended For: For people who like a good action/fantasy

Genres: action/fantasy/Romance

Summary:

City of Bones all started out with young Clary who lived in the heart of New York City. While out with her friends she spots some not so ordinary people. One of the boys knocks right into her shoulder. When realising that no one else can see them but her, she suddenly notices that her mum left a voicemail on her phone.

City of Ashes – Cassandra Clare

Rating: 8/10

Age: Parents say 14+ however kids say 12+ (Has some violent scenes) 

Recommended For: For people who like a good action/fantasy 

Genres: action/fantasy/Romance

Summary:

Clary Fray just wished for her life to be normal but how can you be normal when your mother is a demon slaying shadow hunter. Clary wants to let go of the shadow world but it won’t let go of her. 

Coolhunter – Mac Slater

Rating: 9/10 

Age: 8+

Recommended for: I recommend this book for people who are creative and like to invent things, also it has an adventure and an interesting story with lots of twists and turns.

Genre: Adventure, humour

Summary: Mac and Paul are best friends, also inventors. All their life they have wanted to be inventors, so one day after months of preparation they make a flying bike. They test it out in front of the whole school…Mac crashes and everyone leaves.

Murphy’s Lore: Tales from the West – Bob Murphy

Rating: 10/10

Age: 12+  and for anyone with an interest in AFL (particularly the Doggies!)

Summary:

This book is extraordinary it may just look like footy to you but in-fact it is much much more. It talks about Murphy’s love of music, his life and most of all how he has become one of the most successful AFL footy players of all time, in a entertaining comedic way.

I recommend this fantastic down to earth, autobiography for anyone looking for a good read (it’s a lot more than just a game).

 

~ Maisy Cavoodle ~ 

 

(Top Dog Critic)

A Fabumouse School Adventure – Geronimo Stilton

20/5/16

Rating: 8/10

Age: 8-10

Genre: Comedy

Recommended For: I recommend this book to people who like action and comedy together because it’s a very good book.

Summary:

This book is about Geronimo Stilton who has a career day for his nephew Benjamin. His whole family tells him not to stuff up in front of Benjamin’s class they didn’t want Geronimo to embarrass Benjamin. So when Benjamin’s teacher leaves Geronimo in charge because she had to go to the principal’s office to discuss something.

Sisters – Raina Telgemeier

20/5/16

Rating: 9/10

I was purring so loud when I was reading it, my owners nearly threw me out of the house. This book would personally, deserve a 9 out of 10 if rated.

Age: 10+

This book as Vinny, (myself) knows it, has quite a few of complicated themes that some kids under 10 would not understand. Though some children would find it puuuurrfect to just look at the pictures and not read the words. But to understand and purchase the book would be 10+.

Genre: Autobiography