Moonrunner – Mark Thomason

 

20/5/16

Rating: 10/10

Age: 9 – 12+

Recommended for: People who like drama and horses

Genre: This book involves a lot of drama and adventure, though the cover of this book looks innocent you should be prepared for lots more then that.

Summary:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – JK Rowling

20/8/17

Rating: 10/10

Age: 10+

Recommended For: Kids or adults that like fantasy magic and magical creatures

 

Genres: Older children chapter book, Fantasy, Magic

Greek Myths – Ann Turnbull

15/5/16

Rating: 10/10

Age: I think this book is good for 10,11 and higher year olds because it has a lot of death and i mean a lot of death in it.

Recommendation:  What i like about this book is the illustrations because they are simple but interesting to look at.

Summary:

Greek myths is retelling the classic greek myths about the immortal gods, Mt olympus and Percy Jackson (The golden fleece not percy jackson).

Star Wars Force Awakens – Alan Dean Foster

15/5/16

Rating: 10/10

Age: 10,11,12

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery

Recommended for: Starwars fans and those who enjoy actions and fantasy.

Summary:

Star Wars Force Awakens is about the movie but in a book. 30 years after the events of ‘Return of the Jedi’, the first order has risen from the ashes of the empire and are looking for Luke Skywalker to kill. Over on jakku a scavenger named Rey is at her home when she finds a droid being captured by another scavenger. She takes the droid to look after for 1 day. She finds out the droid is called BB-8 and is from the resistance.

Tom Gates – L.Pinchon

15/5/16

Rating: 8/10

Age: 6-9

Genre: Comedy

Recommendation: I recommend this to young people because it doesn’t have many words it has a lot of pictures but it’s a very interesting book

Summary:

This is a good book for young children because there is barely any words on every page.

The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) – Jeff Kinney

15/5/16

Rating: 9/10

Genre: Comedy

Age: For 8 to 12 year olds

Summary:

This is a book about a boy named Greg and his family who go on a road trip that no one  wanted to go on but Greg’s mom so they couldn’t say no to her so they had to go.

Specky Magee: Battle of the Young Guns – Garry Lyon & Felice Arena

 

2/5/16

Rating: 9 /10

Age: 9+

Recommended for: Readers who like footy (AFL).

Summary:  Specky Magee & the battle of the young guns is about a boy called Simon ‘Specky’ Magee. He was nicknamed ‘Specky’ for his famous marks. Since they first named him that, a lot has happened in the past books:

~ Found out he was adopted and his biological mother is dead.

~ Found out his former-rival Derek ‘Screamer’ Johnson isn’t just a football player, he’s a great musician (piano)

Rangers Apprentice:The Early Years – John Flanagan

2/5/16   

Rating: 10/10

Genre: Action/Adventure

Age recommendation: 9-14

This book is jampacked full of unexpected actions and events. It is about a young man called Halt who must be agile and fast and go undercover. He is best friends with a young man named Crowley.

Halt is heir to the throne but his young twin brother attempts to assassinate him which forces Halt to flee and become a ranger. Before they become

The Boy in the Dress – David Walliams

2/5/16

Rating: 8/10

Age: 9-12

Genre: Comedy

Recommendation: I recommend this book to people who like comedy and like a laugh.

This is a fantastic book about a kid named Dennis and he is a great soccer player, but Dennis is more into fashion, like dresses and girl’s clothes. One time Dennis was in detention and a girl named Lisa saw he had a fashion magazine. And Lisa asked if Dennis wanted to go to her