Messi, More Than a Superstar – Luca Caioli

Rating: 9.5/10 

Genre: Autobiography/Sports/Non-Fiction

Recommendation: I definitely recommend this book who loves the beautiful game and is a big fan of messi. Age wise, I recommend this for a twelve and above.

Why I enjoyed it: I enjoyed it because I am really passionate about soccer and I want to pursue in it so I could be as good as messi.

Summary: Messi, more than a superstar is about a famous soccer player named Lionel Messi. This book is a autobiography and it explains what he has pursued in which is soccer. He starts from when he was born all the way to what a success he has become. He has played with the world’s best players like Neymar, Luis Suarez and Ronaldo his fierce rival.

 – Jessie, Cavoodle (King charles cavalier, Poodle) – 

The Fault in Our Stars -John Green

Rating: 10/10

Genre: Romance/Sad

Age: 11+ or people that are mature enough to read it.  

Recommend For: I recommend this book for people who enjoy reading romance books with a bit of sadness or mixed emotions.

Hazel Grace is a teenager with cancer who doesn’t look forward to attending cancer groups. Then one day when she meets a cute handsome boy named Augustus Waters who also has cancer, Hazel grace seems to think the opposite of what she first thought about the cancer group and attends them everyday.

The Maze Runner (Book 1) – James Dashner

Rating: I rate this book a 9 / 10

Recommended For: This book I recommend for people ages 10+. There are some themes which may scare younger children.

Summary:

The maze runner is a book very similar to the Hunger Games. There is a place called the Glade. This place has a very short supply of necessary goods, with a few animals, a graveyard, a box and a maze. Each month, a new person is brought up into the maze by the box.

Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness – Michelle Paver

Rating: 9.5/10  

The book that I’m reviewing today is wolf brother. Wolf brother is a exciting and engaging book about a demon possessed bear that is killing everything in its path including young Toraks dad! It all started when torak told his dad a joke and then is when the bear stormed through and killed his dad. And his dad’s last words where go to the mountain. This story is placed in a forest where the is lots of clans like dear clan, raven clan and wolf clan which was toraks and his dads clan. This story is a action adventure. Torak has to face all of these twists and turns which make the story exiting. The most important bit of the story is when torak found a little wolf cub on the way to the mountain and joined forces with this little cub to reach the mountain and it is based in Toraks and the wolf’s perspective.

I would recommend this book to anyone that loves a bit of action and adventure! Although the storyline is a bit unrealistic and is definitely something that an adult would find unappealing. It is also a short chapter book and would be something that you would read for something small and engaging, so for that reason i would give it a 9 and a half out of 10.

– By S.E –

Skeleton Creek: Ryan’s Journal – Patrick Carmen

Rating: 10/10       

Genre: mystery and horror

Ages: 11+

This is the first book of the skeleton creek series. When I heard about the book I wanted to read it straight away. If you are a person that likes mystery, a little bit of horror and suspense then this would be the right book for you because this has all of those in it and more. I found that It felt like I was in the book because I was so into the book. The main characters are Ryan and Sarah and they are off to find the history of the the wrench. There are some spine tingling parts in the book. This a fantastic book to read either at daytime or at night you won’t get bored of this book because it is so deep. I would recommend this book for you to read.

 – written by: Evan_donkey – 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins

Level:Hard             

Rating: 7/10
Genre: Action/adventure

Summary: This book is about the 12 tributes going off to the Hunger games which, when they are in the Hunger games arena the main objective of the game is to survive a series of obstacles a woman named Katniss and a man called Peter are in a tribute together and have to fight other people for their lives. But there can only be one survivor in this game so katniss and Peter run, fight, survive and try to stay hidden. But after Peter and Katniss have survived they think that they are the last to survive but there can only be one survivor so they are about to kill each other by eating a poison berry each but one of the controllers of the game say “both of you can stay alive” but the controller of the world: president Snow does not like katniss at all so he tries as hard as he can to kill her but she doesn’t let him so she says instead of fighting for the Capital turn your weapons to the Capital. So for the rest of the book she tries to get the people to fight for her.

Recommendations: I would recommend this book mostly because of the gere’s and that they have to go into an arena.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1) – Jeff Kinney

 

Rating: 6.5/10

Genre: Slice of life, drama, comedy

Recommended for: Those who like to read books written in a diary format with heaps of doodles and pictures!

Synopsis: Greg Heffley is a young boy starting middle school, who believes that he is the only one who really understands himself, and he struggles with the drama of popularity and friendship alongside his partner in crime Rowley Jefferson! Meanwhile, at home he deals with a very bizarre family life, his parents not seeming to understand how much they embarrass him. Join Greg Heffley in a funny diary – er, I mean, journal… *cough cough* Anyway, follow Greg Heffley and his hilarious adventures and mishaps!

 

Positives: It’s very funny, and Greg Heffley is a relatable character that is written in a way so the audience roots for him. I also like the drawings because they’re pretty cool, and while there is no specific storyline apart from him being in school, there are still mini little happenings within the book throughout.

Negatives: I personally think Greg can be a bit of a snob – all he seems to care about is popularity and how he looks, and he judges Rowley an awful lot for it. He doesn’t seem to care what he puts his friends through as long as he’s on good terms with the ‘cool crowd’. Also, Greg’s parents are… well… they don’t even listen to him. Let’s just say that!

“I’ll be famous one day, but for now I’m stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.”

– Charlotte, the Maltese cross Shih Tzu (best dog ever) – 

The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay

Rating: 9/10

Age: +12 (mildly rude themes)

Genre: Historical fiction

The power of one is a historical fiction book based in the time of the boer war this story is quite long and takes a long time to read. It is filled with action, adventure and some adult topics in the adults edition.

This book is an intriguing story of a young English boy named Peekay and his passion for changing the world. Growing up he suffered as the only English boy in an Afrikaans school. Soon orphaned, he was placed in the care of a German national named doc (a.k.a.Professor von Vollensteen) who is a friend of his grandfather. Doc develops Peekay’s piano talent and Peekay becomes “doc cactus farmer” in Doc’s cactus garden. It is not long after WWII begins that Doc is placed in prison for a being an enemy of Africa as he is German. Peekay makes frequent visits to the prison and meets Heel Pete, an inmate, who teaches him to box, as well as spreads the myth of the tadpole angle –  a white tribal leader who will bring happiness to all the tribes of africa is the one of the biggest parts of his life. As well as being one of the best boxers in africa he is a genius. He is invited to a posh english christian school where he makes a friend called Himey Levie, together the two are genius and make lots of money from their betting scams and other scams both make the brain’s group at the school while continuing his boxing career at the end of the story Peekay goes to work in the mines to build up muscle.

– by scooby doo the bacon dog – 

The young readers edition

The adult readers edition

Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters – Rick Riordan

Rating: 10/10 

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sadness and a lot of Greek Myths.

There is a place no one can find where demigods or half bloods go to survive their harsh life. The camp use to be a dangerous place until Talia died trying to protect Grover, Annabeth and Luke, when she died her father Zeus didn’t agree to her death so he turned her into a tree to protect the camp, the tree let of a barrier for the camp as now no other half bloods would die the same way. The barrier would prevent monsters to get into the camp and only half bloods could get in, But when Luke turned on the camp he poisoned the tree and Talia and there was only one way to help the camp and Talia to live on. The barrier felt apart when the tree was poisoned now Percy jackson and his friends Annabeth and Grover must go to the sea of monsters where most ships disappear as they also fight Luke who also wants the Golden Fleece to rebirth Kronos one of the strongest Titans to get revenge on the gods. But the twist is on this adventurous book is that on the first one it says Percy has no brother until now A half brother (Half cyclops half god) so now that percy has a half brother that is a really good helper and really good at making loud noises along with eating everything. Now you can read about this epic adventure will they succeed or will they fail and let Kronos return i’m not going to spoil this so i suggest you read this book as it involves action, Adventure and a whole ton of ancient Greek myths.