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Heroes of olympus, son of Neptune. By Rick Riordan.
This story is about a greek demigod, (half god, half mortal), who loses his memory and is sent to a roman demigod camp. He is named Percy Jackson, he has to save the world from a giant and the earth goddess, Gaea. I would reccomend this book for boys and girls aged 9 to 13. I thought it was one of the best books i've read! -
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Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident. By Eion Colfer
This book is about Artemis Fowl, a 13 year old crinimal who knows about the faries that have been forced underground by the 'mud-men" (humans) because of the pollution we have made. Artemis has lost his father and wants him back. The faries will help him if he will help them with an important operation.
I would reccomend this book for boys and girls aged 9-14
I thought that this book was very exciting and a good read.
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Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code. By Eion Colfer
In this book Artemis has made a outstanding piece of technology called the C Cube and it is made of fariy gadgets parts that were lying round Fowl Manor. Then the C Cube falls into the hands of Jon Spiro, a money-crazed millionare that would sell the C Cube for thousands of dollars. I thought this book is the best Artemis Fowl book so far. I would reccomend this book for people aged 9-14. -
Doctor Who: Monsterous Missions
This book is a recount of two of the Doctor Who episodes. In the first one, Terrible Lizards, the Doctor has traveled back in time to the 1900's, and there are dinos! The docter has to find out what is happening and why.
In Horror of the Space Snakes, the Doctor has traveled to a space port on the moon, up there, there are 4 kids taking a visit to the moon, up there people are dissappearing and then returning with strange bite marks and have lost their memorys. -
Doctor Who: Step Back in Time
In this volume of the Doctors adventures, he goes to the 1966 Wembly soccer final, just to find a corpse in a toilet cubicle, it turns out the Doctor isn't the only ailen visiting Wembly, And the other ailens are deadly, enen you could say "invisible to the eye of the single man"In the other story he travels across the world to present-day Egypt, then they find purple papari plants that suck all the water out of anything. The Doctor has to travel back to anceint Egypt. -
Dolphin Song, By Lauren St John
In this story Martine, (which is a girl that has special healing powers on animals and lives in africa). Is on a school feild trip on a boat to see the wonders of the ocean, including the sardine migrating. Then a big storm hits and most of the passengers are swept of the boat and into the freezing cold ocean. Martine and her calss mates fing themselves on a islang called Dugog. They must survive the island and the dangers surrounding it.
I would reccomened this book for kids aged 9-14
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Georges Marvellous Medicne. By Roald Dahl.
This book is about George, and his gramdma. His grandma HATES him and george wants to get rid of her. She pretends to be nice to George when his parents are around, but when they leave her to take care of George, she treats him like vermin. She takes a medicine four times a day, so George mixes almost every: powder, aerosol, pil and liquid together in a pot and serves it to grandma as her medicine.
I would reccomened this book to people aged 7-15.
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Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception. By Eion Colfer
In Artemis Fowl's fourth adventure, his mind has been wiped. Now he can't remember anything about the faries, or any fariy technology. Now a pixie, named Opal Kobi, wants him dead, and the LEP destroyed. The faries have to recover him of his memorys before Opal can let the humans discover the fariy world, and therefore let the "mud-men", destroy the faries only civilization....
I would reccomened this book for people aged 9-14.
This is the most exhilarating Artemis Fowl I have read. -
Astrosaurs: the Forest of Evil. By Steve Cole
The astrosaurs have been assinged a mission to find out why a distress signal from the planet Noxia-4 has been emitted out to the astrosaurs. When they arrive the crops have all been wiped out, and a farmer tells them that dinos have wandered into the forest surrounding the home of the farmers. The dinos come out crazy and going "wibble wibble" all the time in their speech. Then they go back in, and never come out.......
I would reccomened this book for people aged 8-12
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Astrosaurs: Earth Attack. By Steve Cole
In this book, Loki, the astrosaurs worst enemy, has gone back in time to when the dinosaurs were getting ready to leave the Earth, because the metor is going to hit. Loki wants to stop the plant-eaters from leaving earth. The astrosaurs have to stop him.
I would reccomened this book for people aged 7-13.
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Noah Barleywater Runs Away. By John Boyne
In this book, Noah Barleywater is an eight year old boy, who decides to run away from home. On the way he meets a few odd characters, commits a "should not be against the law " crime and meets an old man, who's door moves from doorway to doorway, has lots of stories to tell, and changed, in his youth, from a puppet to a real boy....
I would reccomened this book, and this author, to people aged 8-15
John Boyne has recently become one of my favourite authors. -
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragon's.
This is a book, inside this book there is a viking boy named Hiccup, and Hiccup lives in a world which is shared with dragons. In this installment of the "How to Train Your Dragon" series, Hiccup is ropping from the "public" library, which is not public, given the fact that it is guarded by Driller Dragons, guards and the hariy, scary, librarian, with his heart-slicers.
I reccomened this book for people aged 9-14
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Once upon a SLIME. 45 fun ways to get writing ... FAST! By Andy Griffiths.
This book explains 45 fun ways to start writing and the REAL characters behind some of Andy's books. A few of the 45 ways are named: 26. Monsters, aliens, robots and zombies. 37. Snapshots. 11. Explosions. 45. What if ... ?. 16. Illustrated stories. 15. I HATE. I'll tell you one thing, Andy did have a crush on Lisa Mackeney.
I would reccomened this book for ANYONE that is having trouble writing.
Six words.
BEST BOOK FOR ENCOURAGING WRITING EVER! -
The game. By Diana Wynne Jones
This book is about Hayley, who is taken to Ireland to live with her aunts, which has too many cousins, and is very noisy. Here she is introduced to the game. In which they go into the mythoshere, which she has seen before, but only a glimpse. This mythoshere holds answers to her familys secrets.
Good book for 10+, otherwise it gets confusing, very.
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Just Disgusting. By Andy Griffiths.
This book contains nine disgusting stories about, just to name a few: bed-time, 101 disgusting things, busting to go to the loo, and two brown blobs. you will have lots of fun with Andy and Danny when you read this book.
I would reccomened thid book for mostly boys, aged 8-15
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The Strange case of Origami Yoda. By Tom Angleberger
This, very humerous book is about a boy named Dwight, who is the school werirdo, but is an origami master. He carries a origami finger puppet of yoda on his finger round with him all the time. Yoda gives advice, which usually is accurate! Is the force with him, or is it Dwight's lucky guesses?
This book is very good for people aged 8-18+
This book is exccelent, the best Star Wars, or Star Wars related book i have ever read! -
The last Leopard. By Lauren St John
In this installment of the white giraffe series, Martine, Ben, and her grandmother have to go to Zimbabwe to take care of a sick freind, who has owns a game reserve. In Zimbabwe, they find out that the largest leopard in the world, Khan, lives on the game reserve. Martine feels that she needs to protect him. The fate of Khan and an ancient treasure that is wanted by many poachers is linked together.
I would reccomened this book for people aged 9-16
The best in the series I say!
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The Day my Bum went Psycho. By Andy Griffiths
This is the story of Zack Freeman, and his bum. Zack's bum ran away, and is planning a riot with lots of other bums. If this riot goes as planned, then the whole human race will be "rearranged" (have the head put where the bum is currently, and vice versa). Zack, and some bum-fighters, have to stop this from happening. They have to survive, in this great adventure: the great windy desert, the browm forest, the great unwiped bum, the sea of bums, a bumcano, and the great white bum.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll
This story is about Alice, who follows a talking rabbit down a rabbit hole, down a deep well, and into wonderland. In this wonderland, Alice meets some curious people, some mad, and some downright odd! She also grows, and shrinks, time and time again. She plays croquet with a Queen, and attends court. All of this, just to find herself home again!
A good read for people aged 8-15
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The Day of the Dreader. By Cressida Cowell
In this book, a giant dragon, the dreader, has surrounded the isle of Berk. The vikings are starving because they can't fish, and supply ships can't enter. It gets so desperate that the vikings go out to sea to fight, or even kill the dreader. Meanwhile, back at the house of stoik the vast, toothless has dug up some eggs he buried in case of an emergency, he is just about to eat them, when they all hatch. It turns out that the baby dragons are the dreaders babies, and it just want's them back. -
Artemis Fowl and the lost colony
Untill recently, artemis was the only human to know about the fariys, there is another. This one wants to capture a fariy, and not just any fariy, she wants to capture a demon, the most human hating species known. If she achieves her sewerside mission, it could bring the earth under the power of the demons. The only thing standing between the earth, and the demons is a ancient time spell, and that is unravlling.
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Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox. By Eion Colfer
Artemis's mother is gravley ill, with a disease created by fariy magic. The only cure is the brain fluid of a lemur, that was wiped out eight years ago, by Artemis himself. Artemis must travel back in time to rescue the lemur. In this book he will face his most deadly enemy, himself, while finding Opal Kobi wants the lemur as well.
This is a epic adventure that gets confusing as you go, with the time travel.
A excelent book for people aged 9-16 -
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex. By Eion Colfer
Artemis has become nice!? CALM DOWN, he has a mental disorder called the Atlantis Complex, caused by meddling with magic and fairy's, when they are not natural to your life. This disorder contains multiple personalitys, in this case the other one is a emparassing person that has a phobia of fours, as they sound like the chinese word for death, and makes sure that there is a multiple of five words in each sentence. -
Through the looking glass. By Lewis Carrol
In the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice has fallen through a looking glass, and into a world even more wonderful than wonderland. She will have to make her way through 8 squares on a giant chess board, each with a challenge. Many weird characters are met, including Humpty Dumpty, chess pieces from the red queen to the white queen, and many more amazing characters. -
Osbert the Avenger. By Christopher William Hill
Osbert is a very smart 12 year old boy who must attend the Institute, a school for smart children. All of the teachers except Mr Lomm, Osberts teacher, are horrible, and Mr Lomm has to play a recording of children screaming all the time while the students are in class. After being expelled for winning a exam, and Mr Lomm fired, Osbert decides to avenge each of the remaining teachers. Each teacher was murdered in horrible ways. -
Dead Boys' Club. By Geoffrey Malone
Sam's african village has been raided by child soldiers, his family killed. Sam is being forced to become one of the children who destroyed his village. Colonel Dada, (the scoundrel behind this monstosity), claims to of been asked by god to create "gods army" of child soldiers. Over in Belgium, several men have discovered a goldmine near where the child soldiers are being held, and asked Colonel Dada to have his trainees guard the miners. The United Nations eventually save Sam and his friend. -
Project Huia. By Des Hunt
Jim Whittaker is the last living person to of seen a Huia, and his information can be used in Project Huia, a scientific project to recreate birds using the DNA of the birds. The DNA will be inserted into eggs of similar birds. Jim has to record his story, but this is not as easy as expected. With phobias and old enemies along the way, Jim, his grandson, and Ana, one the scientists involved in project Huia, have to tackle the challenges met along the way in finding Olivia, the Huia. -
The Indian in the Cuboard. By Lynne Reid Banks
Omri is a young boy who recieved a plastic indian, and a tiny cuboard for his birthday. He is dissapointed at first, but when he finds a key that fits, and locks the indian inside, the indian comes to life! Omri discovers that any plastic toy locked inside the cuboard comes to life. With tiny cowboys, indians and wild horses, Omri must keep these a secret from friends and family. -
Animal Farm. By George Orwell
This book is a very clever connection to communisim in the form of animals throwing out their farmer and running the farm on their own. Two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball have taken control of the farm and made pigs the leading animal. The animals will have to face challenges as Snowball cast out by Napolen, the hard work of two years is knocked down, twice, and freinds are murdered by Napolens dogs. As the pigs rise in power, the animals notice a simalarity between man and pig alike. -
The Bully Chip. By Glenn Wood
A year after Callum, Sophie, and Jinx defeated Lester Smythe and his Brain-Sucker machine, the three friends are having trouble at Thaxton High School with bullies. The bullies seem to be targeting them, and them only. After being accused of punching someone, dropping books, and starting a fire in the chemistry lab, Callum, Sophie and Jinx discover that Lester has returned. He has created a computer chip that is inserted into the brain, and makes the victim become a major bully. -
Dragon Run. By Patrick Matthews
Dragon Run is a fun, action packed book about a boy named Al. In the kingdom that Al lives in, there are six ranks, Zero to Five, Five is the highest, and Zero is the lowest, but not many people know that rank zero exist. Al finds out that he is a Zero, he is not allowed to get a job, and he is being tracked by the Cullers, a group of people that were created to murder Zeros. Al embarks on a adventure to find -
The Wee Free Men. By Terry Pratchett
The wee free men is not your average story, this one is a tale of witches, monsters, and tiny blue men. Tiffany is a average little girl, who lives on "The Chalk", the name came from the amount of chalk in the soil. Tiffany turns out to be a young witch, LIVING ON CHALK!! Witches normally find it hard to grow on chalk, as it is to soft. Tiffany meets these tiny blue men, the Nac Mac Feegles. Her baby brother also gets stolen, by "The Queen". Tiffany embarks on a adventure to retrieve Wentworth. -
Stay Where You Are & Then Leave. By John Boyne
Alfie turned five on the 28 July 1914. The day the fighting started. It's been four years since the war started, and Alfie is now nine. His dad, Georgie is away at war according to Alfie's mother. Alfie is earning a profit by shining shoes a King's Cross Station, but mother doesn't know. It turns out that Georgie is in Hospital. Alfie embarks on a secret mission to save Georgie from Shell Shock, and reunite him with his family. -
A Hat Full of Sky. By Terry Pratchett
This is the second book in the Tiffany Aching sequence. Tiffany has gone to spend sometime to learn from another witch, Miss Level, who turns out to have two bodies! Tiffany has also, in her own time learnt how to step out of her body and look at her self. Big mistake. There is something, waiting, something ancient and horrible, that can't die, just waiting for a body to take over. -
Wintersmith. By Terry Pratchett
In the third book of the Tiffany Aching sequence, Tiffany has gone to live with Miss Treason for a while, Miss Treason is blind and deaf, but can see and hear by using the eyes and ears of other creatures, like mice. Tiffany is taken to a dance which marks the beginning of winter, but she joins in because she thinks the tune is all wrong. Then the spirit of winter falls in love with her. It (the Wintersmith) wants her to be the Queen of winter. -
Cartoon Kings. By Alan Silberberg
Matt and Craz are best friends, and the thing they share the most is their love of cartoons. When they order a pen from a strange site, they find out that they can have anything they want just by drawing it! But they soon find out that some mistakes can't be easily erased. And them Matt's family want to move to China, except for Matt of course, and the pen has run out of ink, THE SPECIAL INK THAT ONLY WARKS IN THE SPECIAL PEN!!! -
I Shall Wear Midnight. By Terry Pratchett.
In the last volume of the Tiffany Aching Sequence,Tiffany has woken up a ball of pure evil, and it wants her dead, and at the same time, the Baron of the chalk is dying, and Roland, the Baron's son, is getting married. With so many things happening at once, Tiffany is finding it hard to deal with the man with no eyes. -
The Debt. Catch The Zolt. By Phillip Qwynne
Dom is a teen ager who is just turninn fiteen, but he doesn't get the usual birthday presents, he is drawn into a world in which he must complete tasks, which are so challenging, that they seem impossible. He must for fill the tasks that The Debt give him, The Debt is a secret organisation that give males from Dons family a series of six challenges when they turn fifteen. Don;s first challenge is to catch the Zolt, a Facebooker who has a passion for stealing light aircraft. -
How To Sieze A Dragon's Jewel. By Cressida Cowell
In the most recent installment of the How To Train Your Dragon series, Hiccup has become the outcast, and is being hunted by humans and dragons alike. It is a dark time for the vikings, because the Dragon Rebellion has begun, and all the dragons are under the lead of the Dragon Furious, who wants to oliberate all of the humans from the face of the earth. The only way to olibeerate all of the dragons, and to become the king of the wilderwest, is to acquire the dragon jewel. -
Diary of a Wimpy Kid. By Jeff Kinney
Gregory Hellfey, or "Greg" for short, is just begun his first year of middle school, and is facing the challenges put before him. Although he has his trusty side-kick, and best friend Rowley at his side, Greg is struggling to succed. -
The Debt. Turn off the Lights. By Phillip Gwynne
It has been a while since Dom captured the Zolt, and his next installment is coming up, he finds out that he must turn off all the lights on the Gold Coast during earth hour. This is a task tht requires Dom to use all his brains. He ends up using thongs like nuclear power plants, his wits, and pizza? -
The Elephant's Tale. By Lauren St John
In the last of Lauren St John's fantastic series, Sawubona, the safari park that Martine, her grandmother, Grace, and all the workers live, turns out to "belong to" a crafty man. Martine and Ben go of to Nambia to see if they can stop this dastardly plot from taking place. -
Goblins. By Philip Reeve.
Skarper is different to all the other goblins, he seems to be the only one with any brains, but he is the only one that knows that the magic trapped under the ground is rising again, and he must team up with softlings, (humans), to stop the magic from getting out of hand. -
Dodger. By Terry Pratchett
Dodger is a tosher, a scavenger in the sewers of Dickensain London. Almost no one knows who Dodger is, but that all changes when he saves a girl from a beating. Now everyone wants Dodger. Dodger also has to go into Politics on one occasion. his book is quite slow, but also gripping. -
The Woebegone Twins. By Christopher William Hill
Greta and Feliks are living with their Aunt Gelisa, when a man called Morbide moves in to live with them. When Greta and Feliks find a wax model of Aunt Gelisa's head under Morbides bead, they get suspicious. Thw twins are drawn into a world in which there is murder and devilish plots involved in everything. -
The Wolf in the Wardrobe
Finn is riding on his bike when he ends up being involved in a crash, and he ends up going into the forest by the road to tend for the wolf that was also involved in the crash. He takes the wolf home, but knows that his mum doesn't want a "dog" in the house, and ends up hiding Lupa is his cuboard. Someone else wants to have Lupa, and that person will do anything to get her. -
Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Cabin Fever. By Jeff Kinney
Greg is still not doing very well in school, and is facing more trouble in life. When him and Rowley accidentaly vandalisem the school, Greg ends up worrying about more things, like being taken to the police station. His worrys go down a little when ma blizard hits. His family is held inside, and the power goes out one night. Things are getting difficult. -
The Little Prince. By Antonie de Saint-Exupery
This story is set in the eyes of the narrator, and the little prince, who cames from Asteroid B-612. The narrator was flying in his plane above the Sahara Desert, when his engine fails. As he is trying to fix his engine, he hears a voice ask for him to draw a sheep. The owner of this voice was a peculiar man with golden hair, who was the little prince. As the narrator is still trying to get out of the desert, the prince tells the narrator of his trip to earth. -
A Scholastic biography. Helen Keller. By Margaret Davidson
This is the story of Helen Keller, an ordinary girl, who one day isn't as ordinary any more, she becomes blind and deaf. Her mum trys to keep life the same, but finds it impossible. Helen has to be taught how to communicate with other people. She gets a teacher, and begins to learn. Helen is still throwing to many tantrums, and Teacher is slowly, but surely, stopping these tantrums. Then, one day, Helen Keller has no tantrums at all. -
The 39 Clues. Cahils VS Vespers. Shatterproof. By Ronald Smith
Amy and Dan are part of a giant family, the Cahils. Five of their family have been taken captive by the rival family, the Vespers. To gat them back, Amy and Dan must do a bunch of tasks for the Vespers, this time they must steal the Golden Jubilee Diamond, the largest Diamond in the world. A Cahil is going to die. -
Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Hard Luck. By Jeff Kinney
Greg is finding school tougher then ever now that Rowley has a girlfriend, who thought it possible? Now Greg must do things that he thought that he would never have to do, like have to rely on a "lucky 8 ball" to kake his decisions for him. He also chooses to become the school yearbook photographer, but someone he has to photo, he decides to forfit his job. -
Aunt Effie's Ark. By Jack Lasenby.
In the second book of the Aunt Effie Series, Aunt Effie has gone into hibernation, and the snow is melting. All 26 of Aunt Effies neices and nephews have to look after the house. The snow is still melting, and it is melting fast. The ocean floods because off all the snow that is melting and running into the sea. When the floods reach the house, the neices and nephews understand why Aunt Effie asked them to make the house waterproof, beacuse the house turns into a boat. -
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Mortal Engines. By Philip Reeve
Mortal engines is the first in a series of four by Philip Reeve. This book is set in the future, when most of the civilizations of the earth have to put their cities/towns onto wheels and eat other cities/towns to survive. Tom lives on London, one of the largest "Traction cities" on earth. When a girl comes aboard London and tries to kill his hero, he gets tangled up in a exciting adventure, on the surface of the earth. -
Otter Chaos. Dam Busters. By Micheal Bond
There are two families of otters living on the same river, nothing wrong with that. Then a family of beavers come to live on the river too, the beavers bvuild a dam, and there are no more fish for the otters to eat, DISASTER!! Then the otters come up with a few plans, the first one involves holes. Then the otters and beavers must work together to scare off a mountain lion. -
War Horse
In this book, which is now a blockbuster movie, a horse os bought by a drunk man, but is then loved by the man's son, who names him Joey. Joey must be shipped of to war to pull guns and have soldiers mounted on him. Joey finds war hard to cape with, but manages to puul through in the end. In the time that he is in war however, he must face injury, sickness, loss of friends, and other hard to bear things. -
Ethan's Voice. By Rachel Carter
Ethan is a normal boy, apart from one thing, he can't spaek a word. He lives on a canal, in a boat, with his mother and father, no one else lives there,and he doesn't go to school. That changes when a girl named Polly comes to live on the canal, with her mother. Polly and Ethan become friends and begin to unravel why Ethan can't talk. -
Goblins VS Dwarves. By Philip Reeve
Everyone at Clovenstone is at peace now. Queen Ned is keeping everyone happy, and Skarper is watching Henwyn fall down a hole, full of dwarves, that want to drain the slowsilver lake that produces Goblin hatchlings. Basicly, there is a horde of dwarves heading towards Clovenstone that just want to get a material to make new weapons. Skarper and Henwyn head out to try to get help from the high king, but also end up making a lot of allies along the way. They also make two Dwarve friends. -
Just Shocking. BY Andy Griffiths
In this volume of Andy Griffiths's "Just" series, there are a bunch of new funny stories to tickle your funny bone. These stories involve things like: 101 dangerous things, pink balloons of death, and exploding butterflys. -
Predators Gold. By Philip Reeve
In the second book in the Hungry City Chronicles, Tom and Hester have been travelling the bird roads for almost two years, and they set down on a city called Anchorage. On the new city Tom eventually loses Hesters trust, who then leaves the dity without Tom, and tells Arkangel, another city, where to find Anchorage. Arkangel would like to eat a large city like Anchorage, and so it starts going towards the dead continent, America, which is where Anchorage is going. -
Nerdy Ninjas VS The Really Really Unreal Guys.
A farmers cows are being wrapped up in toilet paper by what are thought to be aliens. The Nerdy Ninjas are asked to guard trhw field that the cows are kept in for the night. Before that happens, thay must also deal with a bunch of other things, like a girl attending a boys school and wierd dreams that all four Ninjas have at the same time. -
The Debt. Bring Back Cerberus. By Phillip Gwynne.
Dom recieved a text from a anonymous person, in Latin, when he translates the text, is reads as "Schoolboy, you are dead meat." Dom instasntly knows that the text is from The Debt. When me receives his next installment, it comes through a 15 year old girl in a restaurant, who points at Dom and says, "That boy must get me a Cerberus for my birthday." Whats a Cerberus? Dom eventually finds out that a Cerberus is a new Styxx phone that is not being manufactured yet. How can Dom get it? -
Fortunately The Milk. By Chris Riddell.
There is no milk for to have with the breakfast cereal. Dad goes out to the corner shop to by some milk, he takes AGES. When he gets back, his explanation involes GOBBLY GREEN ALIENS, ANGRY VOLCANO GODS, PIRATES and INTERGALACTIC SPACE POLICE. -
Infernal Devices. By Philip Reeve.
In the third book in the Mortal Engines series, Tom and Hester are now adults, and married. They have a daughter called Wren, and they all live on Anchorage, which is now a city that has stopped moving. Wren hates living on a city that has stopped moving, and a pirate by the name of Gargle is willing to get her off the city, if she steals something for him, the Tin Book. Wren is seperated from her mother and father and sold as a slave. -
Piano Rock. By Gavin Bishop.
This is the story of Gavin Bishop's childhood in the 1950s. It is an exciting tale that includes adventure, mystery, and confusion, among other things in one awesome book. On the side of the hill lies Piano Rock, read the book to find out what Piano Rock is, and what it's all about. -
The Get Rich Quick Club. By Rose Impey
This is a two in one book, two stories oin one book, but they are both about some kids who want to get rich quick. In the first story the kids know that there is a house in town that is full of gerbils, no-one else knows, but even they don't know that the house is literally full of gerbils. They end up helping the old lady who lives there, who has a broken leg.
In the second story, the kids come up with a idea to make, and run a hair saloon, and they end up making almost 100 pounds. -
Middle School. My Brother is a Big, Fat, Liar. By James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou.
Being Rafe Khatchadorian's little sister is not easy when you arrive at a school that he was expelled from, and everyone thinks that you are going to be just like him, when you are nothing like him. Georgia Khatchadorian is in this position, she is even being bullied by the teachers, who hated Rafe. Then Rafe signs Georgia's band up for battle of the bands, with the name "We Stink". -
Star Wars Jedi Academy. By Jeffery Brown.
Roan lives on tatooine, and the really, really, REALLY wants to get into Pilot Academy Middle School, But his registration was rejected and the people there said that he could go to Tattooine Agriculture Academy instead. Then he gets a letter from the Coruscant Jedi Academy, saying that Master Yoda has noticed his rejection and can come to the Academy. He has many adventures, inclding learning how to use the force, building his very own lightsaber, and qualifying for a lightsabder duel. -
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
This a thrilling sci-fi novel about a young man, Harry, his uncle, and Hans, their guide, journey down the crater of Mt Sneffels, a long extinct volcano, down into the center of the earth. They have to overcome immense challenges, face hunger and thirst, and avoid monster like creatures. How will they get out? -
The Brain Sucker. By Glenn Wood
Callum is living with his grandmother happily. Then they get a letter saying that his grandmother needs to see some authortites about is grandma is still able to care for Cullum, who is in a wheelchair because his legs are paralysed. Then, when they travel to the city to get it over with, grandmothers goodness is sucked out of her head buy two thugs that are under the command of Lester Smythe, a evil crinimal who plans to deprive the world of goodness. -
Dark Lord. By Jamie Thompson
The Dark Lord of the Darklands has been cast into another dimension, earth, by his arch ememy, the White Wizard. He has also been cast into the body of a puny, insuperior 13 year old human child. He must attempt to fitin until he can csreate a portal into the darklands to that he can return. -
Dark Lord. A Fiend in Need. By Jamie Thompson
Dirk Lloyd's faithful assistant, Sooz from earth has been trapped in the Darklands, he must save her before she causes too much havoc. Who knew that Sooz might even become the equivalent of the Dark Lord in The Darklands? -
Wonder. By R. J. Palacio
August Pullman wants to be ordinary, but he is not ordinary. His face is deformed, and he is starting school, year six to be in fact, and he is very nervous. He thinks that he is going to be teased, and teased, and teased. He is right, but August will make friends and survive. -
How to be Invisivle. By Tim Lott.
Strato is the only kid of his race in his community, which makes it really hard for him at school. He is constantly bullied. One day he decides to investigate the old bookshop in town which no-one visits, and he finds someone who must be the owner of the shop. he is given a book, "How to be Invisible, and by following the cryptic instructions inside, he manages to become invisible. Because he aquired this power, he finds out why he is being bullied, and he discovers why his parents are arguing. -
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit. By Judith Kerr.
Anna lives in Berlin in 1933, the year before WWII started. She and herfamily have to become refugees in Switzerland. They live there for a few months, and them move to Paris. Anna's Papa has had a price of 1000 marks put on his head. In Paris Anna goes to an Elemantary School, and her older brother, Max, goes to a boys school. After two years in Paris, they them move to London, as Papa thinks that the BBC might buy a film script he wrote. -
The life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. By Bill Bryson.
This is a rough autobiograph of Bill Brysons childhood. He was born in Dies Moines, Iwoa, and lived there for most, if not all of his childhood. He experiences many wierd and wacky things throughout. From reading comic books in the middle of a bonb drill, to discovering a old jersey with a yellow thunderbolt on it, which gives him a sense of power, and using ThundervisionTM to vaporise people he doesn't like. Him and his friends even lauch a rocket into the neighbors on accident. -
Too small to fail. By Morris Glietzman.
Oliver's parents own a bank, they are very rich. A dog that lives n the window of a pet store is what Oliver really wants, but his mum and dad wont let him have it. Oliver is told by a strange lady one day, that the dog will be killed if his parents don't give her a couple of thousand dollars. Oliver's parents are too busy too listen to him, and he starts to solve the problem himself, but there are a lot of problems along the way as well. -
The Wheel on the School. By Meindert DeJong
There are only six kids that go to school in the Dutch fishing town of Shora. Lina is the only girl, and she wrote an essay on storks, just because the wanted to. This gets the school wondering why storks don't come to Shora. After thinking about it, they decinde that the reason that storks don't come is because the roofs of Shora are to pointy. Then they decide that they need to put a wheel on the roof of the school, because the storks would then come to Shora. -
Eragon. By Christopher Paolini. (Two Books)
Eragon is a normal farm boy, when he finds a strange stone, he thinks that maybe it will buy his family meat for the winter. When it cracks open and a dragon pops out, Eragon knows that this is not just some stone. Thus he begins on an an epic journey to defeat the empire, which is trying to capture him and his dragon, Saphira. -
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The Silent One. By Joy Cowley
Jonasi is deaf, and mute. He lives on an Island and is thought to be a demon by the village. One day Jonasi finds a white turtle, this puts him in danger, but he is unaware, many others want the white turtle for its gleaming shell, even though Jonasi found it. He is hurled into a great adventure, with lots happening, a hurricane, near death, and a twist ending. -
Warp, The Reluctant Assassin. By Eion Colfer.
Riley is the Apprentice of a assassin, in 1898 London. He doesn't want to, but he must make his first killing. As he is forced to dive the knife into the chest of the victim, he is "magiclly" transported to the present. When there, he has a great adventure alongside F.B.I agent Chevie Savano. -
I Funny. By James Patterson.
Jamie Grimm wants to become a stand up comedian, although he can't, he's in a wheelchair. He is also an orphan, but he does have his Uncle Frankie, who works at a diner, and yo-yos. When he is moved to a foster family, it turns out that the bully at school, (who bullies Jamie) lives there too. Jamie enters a competition, the Planets Funniest kid contest. -
Middle School, The Worst Years of my Life. By James Patterson
Rafes life was ok, then Middle School started. Rafe is not coping, so he decides to become the bad boy of the school. He comes up with this plan called operation R.A.F.E, Rules Aren't For Everyone. Each rule he breaks gives him a certain amount of points. Example, pulling the fire alarm when there wasn't a fire got him 50,000 points. -
The Debt. Yamashitas Gold. By Philip Gwynne.
Now that Dom has repaid four installments, he must repay the fith, he is not directly given the installment, he has to figure out that he must find Yamashitas Gold, the legendary Gold that is roumored to be at the bottom of the sea off the Gold Coast. This is a hard one to repay, as he must work with professionals, as well as keeping his friends, who are also looking for it, out of it. -
Burning Blue. By Paul Griffin
Nicole Castro is the most popular girl at school, so everyone wonders why she was mysteriously splashed with acid one day. Jay Nazzaro, an expert hacker, but apart from that a normal boy, decides to find out who did it. thus induces a story with mystery, adventure, and wrong opinions. There is also a twist ending. -
The Debt. Fetch the Treasure Hunter. By Phillip Gwynne
Dom is going to the world youth games in Rome, but Toby, his younger brother is missing. After they find Toby, Dom has to repay the next Installment of the Debt, to bring the most famous treasure hunter in the world, E Lee Marx, to Australia. This is a challenge for Dom, as Marx wants to see a genuine double eagle coin first. Dom has to do things he would ofnever dreamed of doing before the Debt, he even climbs over the Colosseum. -
The Iluminated Adventures of Flora and Ulysses. By Kate Dicamillo.
Flora is a girl, Ulysses is a squirrel with super powers due to being sucked up by Flora's mum's birthday present, a home-made vacumm cleaner. Flora and Ulysses become good friends, having extraordinary adventures, meeting new people all the time. During all of this, they find the extent of Ulysses powers. -
Rangers Apprentice. The Ruins of Gorlan.
Will lives at the castle of Redmount, and choosing day is coming up. We wants to se chosen for battleschool, as he wants to be a great knight like the father he never knew. He ends up becoming the apprentice of Halt, the ranger. He discovers, while fighting a deadly enemy called the Kalkara, that being a ranger does have its benefits. -
Rangers Apprentice: The Burning Bridge. By John Flanagan.
Will and Halt have discovered a plan devised by Morgorath, the evil Lord of Rain and Night. He is planning to send an army of wargals to raid the kingdom. They have already captured celtica, Will, Horace, and Gilan find this out, as Halt is with the king and discover a little girl called Evanlyn, whos mistress had been murdered by the wargals. She told them about what else is happening, they discover that Morgorath is building a birgde to get his army across, the kingdom is sure to be defeated. -
Eldest. By Christopher Paolini. (Two Books)
Eragon and Saphira are travelling to the elven city of Ellesméra to continue their training as rider and dragon under the care of Oromis, a elven rider, and his dragon, Glaeder. Meanwhile Carvahall, Eragon's hoe village, is being raided continuously by the Ra'zac and Galbatorix's soldiers, in attempt to capture Roran, Eragon's cousin, which puts him in great danger. -
Rangers Apprentice. The Icebound Land. By John Flanagan.
Will and Evanlyn have been captured by the Skandians to be sold into slavery, and are trapped on a desolate island while the sea calms down. When they do get off the island, they are both sold into slavery together, but they get different jobs. Will quickly becomes a addict of warmweed, a drug that makes you fell warm, but will turn you into a mindless person that knows only the most basic things. To counter-act this effect the victim must be given gradually decreasing amounts of warmweed. -
Rangers Apprentice. Oakleak Bearers. By John Flanagan.
Will has fully recovered from the effect of the warmweed, but Evanlyn has been captured while hunting for food. Will and Halt reunion and collectively work out that Evanlyn has been captured by the Temujai, a deadly force that is now attempting to rampage the world. After rescuin Evanlyn, Halt, Will, and Horace travel to a Skandian city, and old rivals, Skandians and Arulans unite to fight the Temujai. A epic battle is waged, but the Skandian/Arulan force has a tactical secret. -
A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Miserable Mill. By Lemony Snicket.
Klaus, Sunny, and Violet Baudelaire are travvelling on a train to Patryville in the fourth book of the series, after narrowly escaping Count Olaf again. They have been asked to work at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill, which isn't very lucky. Klaus breaks his glasses and is taken to the optometris, whs building looks exactly the same as the mark of Count Olaf. When Klaus comes back hypnotised his sisters are very suspicious of the Optometrist, and of her receptionist. -
Ranger's Apprentice. Erak's Ransom. By John Flanagan.
Erak, the newly voted Oberjarl of Skandia, has been captured the the Arridi during a raid, who are ransoming him for 80,000 silver reels. A message from Skandia for help comes to Arulen, and Will, Halt, Gilan, Horace, and 50 Arulan sildiers travel to Arridia. They discover that the carridge taking Erak to his destination has been intercepted by the Tualaghi. Will also temporarily loses Tug, his horse. -
Middle School. Get me out of here! James Patterson.
In the sequel to Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life, Rafe Khatchadorian has to go live in the city with Gramdma Dotty, due to Swifty's Diner burning down. He then attends Cathedral School of Arts, and instantly makes enemies, and a friend. Rafe attempts to be a better student than last year, but blows this after enemies make an insulting school webpage about him. -
Rangers Apprentice. The Sorcerer in the North. By John Flanagan.
Will is now a fully qualified ranger, and has been sent on a mission to Norgate, the most northen fief in Araluen. There are suspected signs of Sorcery, and Will must venture to find out if this is true. Help comes as the form of Alyss, disguised as Lady Gwendolyn, a visitor. Will makes new friends, unravels evil schemes, and finds out that the sorcerer isn't who he thought. -
All the Worng Questions. "Who Could That be At this Hour?". By Lemony Snicket.
12 year old Lemony Snicket is part of an organization, and has been given the worst bachelor he could have, or rather chose thw worst. He and his bachelor, S. Theodora Markson, have to recover a stolen statue of the Bombinating Beast in the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. In the process he has a marvellous adventure, not-sonear death experiences, and saves a woman which almost drowned. -
Rangers Apprentice. The Siege of Macindaw. By John Flanagan
Alyss is being held captive by Sir Keren, who has taken Castle Macindaw, and hopes to hand over Norgate Fief to the Scotti. Will has decided to lay the castle in siege to save Alyss. Thia will also stop the Scotti from taking over Norgate. Ingenious plans, Skandian brute force, and "sorcery", might win this battle for Will and Horace. -
Steel Pelicans. By Des Hunt.
Pelly is a Steel Pelican, one of two daredevils, with the other being his best friend, Dean Steele. They make bombs out of fireworks, and ignite them, without their parents knowing. This all changes when Pelly and his family move out of Australia to NZ to look after their sick Nana. Pelly finds the exchange hard, but does make a new friend, Afi, at his new school. Him and Afi discover that a school prefect has been smuggling illegal cigarettes in alliance with two past prisoners. -
Middle School. Safe Rafe! By James Patterson.
Rafe Katchadorian has been kicked out of multiple schools, so his mum has decided to send him to survival camp. After this he will be going back to Hills Village Middle School. Before this, he must overcome rock climbing, white water rafting, and insufficient food. He also makes some "friends". -
Homeroom Diaries. By James Patterson.
Margeret Clare, (A.K.A. "Cuckoo Clare"), has recently been in a mental institution due to a mental breakdown, giving her her nickname. She and her group of highschool friends, who call themselves "The Freakshow", are trying to get everyone is the school in a better mood with "Operation Happiness". -
Northwood. By Brian Falkner.
Cecilia Undergarmet lives in a baloon house. The neighbor has a dog. The dog is neglected. Cecilia decides to save the dog, destroying her house in the process. She ends up floating in the attic to Northwood Forest, where the black lions lurk. She ends up in a castle carved out of the mountain side. She knows how to get everyone in the castle out, but the king likes the power he has, and tries to foil her plans. She might even be thrown to the black cats. -
Kiwis at War. 1914: Riding into war. By Susan Brocker.
Billy Bowman only signed up to go to war becuase his friend Jack did. Billy is underage, and is called a kid my lots of people. He joins the mounted riflemen, and goes to Egypt to train. All of the fellow footmen go to Gallipoli, to fight the turks. Billy thr the rest of the Mounted Riflemen go later, but have to leave their horses behind. Massive numbers of men die, and who knows exactly who will? -
Brisingr. By Christopher Paolini. (2 Books)
Eragon and Saphira have to travel to Farthen Dur, to the Dwarves, to observe over who is elected as the new Dwarf King. This goes on for a while, meanwhile, through all of this, Roran and the rest of the Varden are invading supply carts to and from the Empire. After the new Dwarf King is elected, Eragon and Saphira travel to Ellesmra, where they learn great secrets from Oromis, and he gets a new sword. They travel back to the Varden and lay siege to a city. -
Kensukes Kingdom. By Micheal Morpurgo.
Michael used to live in England, now he lives on a yacht and sails around the world with his parents and dog. ONe night him and the dog are swept overboard when his parents are asleep. He was washed up onto a pacific island, that seems uninhabited. The next day, after he lit a fire, a Japanese man ran from the jungle and extinguished his fire. This old man, Kensuke, may be Micheals only chance of survival, -
The Debt. Take a Life. By Phillip Gwynne
Dom knows that the end is near. One more installment, One more challenging mission. One more burning sear on his leg. But this time, he has to kill somebody. Dom is unsure if he will, if he can, if he wants to. It must be done though. Taking a life may also cause some unexpected side effects... -
King of the Cloud Forests. By Micheal Morpurgo.
Ashley and his Uncle Sung are forced to leave China when Ashley's home village is invaded by the Japanese army. The Himalayas are the last place anyone wants to go in this time of war, but is is the shortest way to India, where they will be safer. While in the treacherous mountains, Uncle Sung dissapears while looking for food, and Ashley is captured by Yetis, who see him as their ruler. Will Ashkey find Uncle Sung, and will he escape from the Yetis? -
Inheritance. By Chrispother Paolini (x2 Books)
The final book in the Inheritance cycle has many battles, discoveries, defeats, victorys, and surprises. A lot of Galbatorix's cities are captured, armys defeated, and pride lost. Eragon and Saphira travel to Vroengard Island, to speak their names to the Rock of Kuthain and enter the Vault of Souls. Who knows what they will find in there. Meanwhile, Nasauda, Orrin, and Roran are readying for a invasion of Urû'baen. Will Galbatorix be defeated for once and for all? -
Escape from Mr. Lemoncellos Library. By Chris Grabenstein
Kyle Keely loves Mr. Lemoncellos board games, so when a opportunity to get a first hand experience at Mr. Lemoncellos new library in town, he takes it excitably. Well, after flunking it. When he is selected as one of 12 to go before the library even opens, Kyle is amazed. The library has many astounding features, e.g. a cafe, a vidoe games room, and thousands upon thousands of books, in every subject, binding, shape, size, and colour. Escaping from the library is harder than you think... -
Machine Wars. By Micheal Pryor
Bram's mum works in developing advanced AI. She puts this AI into robots. It was only a matter of time before one broke loose. Deadly machines want to kill Bram. Any internet-enabled machine could suddenly come to life. Only three weeks, thats how long he has to survive, untill his mum can stop the apocalypse. -
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austure Academy. By Lemony Snicket
Voilet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire have to now go to school. The school they attend is horrible, they have to put up with stuck up little brats, six-hour voilin recitals, and schoolwork. In addition to all this, Count Olaf has dusgiused himself has the PE teacher and is making them run laps every night. Can they get Count Olaf this time?
