Book Raves
Check out the reviews below to see what books are being raved about. You may even like to read some of them yourself to see why they are so rave worthy.
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Your raves
Book Title: Penny Dreadful
Author: Joanna Nadin
Your rave: I really loved this book because it was really really funny. What happens is, they want to get money because Penny Dreadful accidently made a phone call to India and she needs to pay her mum back. so she decides to be a hairdresser to get money so she gets her dad razer and shaves Barry’s (the cat) hair off but he didn’t want her to so he sctrated her on the noes and hid in the dishwasher. Penny Dreadful’s Grandma is sleeping and Penny decides to shave her Grandma’s hair off then she puts the shaver down on the bench and Gergia-May Peneope-Jones (Penny’s cousin) took the razer and shaved her hair off. Penny tries to glue all of her cousin’s hair back on while her Grandma is freaking out that she has no hair! FUNNY! 
Mia, 8, 2324
Book Title: Dead Man’s Cove
Author: Lauren St. John
Your rave: This book trapped me in a world of imagination. I felt so adventurous after i read it because it’s all about a girl named Laura who lives life as an orphanuntil her mysterious uncle takes her away to his house and helps her start a new life in St Ives. Laura meets new people and descovers that her uncle is a real-life detective, something Laura has always wanted to be. This novel is thrilling, exciting and absuloutly a must-read-book!
Cassy, 11, 2324
Book Title: The 39 Clues
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: My favourite part was when the museum blew up because it just went bang very suddenly!!!!!!!! It was so awesome you’ve got to read it it’s amazing!!!!!
Ted, 8, 3166
Book Title: Paddington
Author: Michael Bond
Your rave: Paddington was a little bear. He was at Paddington Station and he ate Marmalade. He was from Peru. Mr and Mrs Brown took him home. He must be hungry after that long journey. He slipped in a cup of tea and made a mess! When they got home, they put him in the bath. As he came down the stairs he was silky and soft. I liked this book!
Arden, 4, 3034
Book Title: The Wonky Donkey
Author: Craig Smith
Your rave: I love this book because it is very funny. I really laugh at the part where the donkey smelt really really bad. I think everyone should read this book.
Aaron, 6, 7310
Book Title: Magic Kitten – Moonlight Mischief
Author: Sue Bentley
Your rave: Eve Dawson’s half-term holiday is not going well at the cattery, until one day a sandy coloured kitten came. That kitten’s name was Flame- Prince Flame,he was a talking kitten and his uncle Ebony’s spies are after Prince Flame. But the kitten and his uncle are not kittens or cats, They are a type of cat.. A lion. I really liked this book. <3 I give it a 10/10.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: The Star
Author: Felicity Marshall
Your rave: This story is about a girl that goes into another dimenson and forgets about her friends and she gets replaced by this girl china cutie and she is so angry that she breaks her face and goes back to her old friends and they all went back into the dimenson they came from.
Rachael, 8, 4818
Book Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Author: JK Rowling
Your rave: The book was amazing! It had so much detail. It kept me guessing till the end. I never thought it would end the way it did. Over all I give this book 10/10.
Jessica, 10, 3108
Book Title: Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
Your rave: This is a life journey of a dog named Buck.
Buck gets sold to one master to another once in a while. Meet his new friends along the way- One eyed Sol-leks, Curly, Dave, Joe, Pike, Dub and Dolly. Jack London depicts the journey of Buck in such a wonderful way that I feel like I am in the long adventure with Buck.Buck always listens to his ancestors telling him to answer the call of the wild. There are some sad parts. I cried whenthe I read those parts. ;-( . I rate it 10/10. 
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: Sam Sullivan’s Scooter
Author: Jane Godwin
Your rave: One day Sam’s brothers had a scooter. He wanted a scooter so his dad made a scooter and Sam helped dad to get things. After it was finish but his dad had to find a cork so Sam was riding on his scooter and then he put his fingers in holes and they were stuck. So he had to go to hospital. He had to go to toilet but he didnt because his fingers was stuck to the scooter. So when it was his turn the keeper took the fingers out and then quickily went to toilet. After arriving home his dad found a cork.
Alvin, 10, 3173
Book Title: Harry Potter
Author: JK Rowling
Your rave: My hair is like Harry’s, Quidditch looks awesome and I am still waiting for my letter to Hogwarts.
Josh, 9, 3222
Book Title: Astrosaurus: Seas of Doom
Author: Steve Cole
Your rave: I loved this book because it has dinosaurs and they go under water to find out what caused a ship wreck. My favourite part was when Iggy made a submarine.
Oliver, 5, 3672
Book Title: The Serpent Gift
Author: Lene Kaaberbol
Your rave: This was one of the most amazing books I’ve ever read. It’s the third in a great series, and the whole thing was just awesome. Dina is such a great character, and Davin’s adventure is so thrilling to read about. Everyone should read this book!
Jemima, 13, 2480
Book Title: Falling Leaves
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Your rave: Falling leaves is the biography of a little Chinese girl who as she grows up experiences the ups and downs life offers. Neglected by the stepmother that never wanted her who over powered her weak father. Being one of seven. Chinese Politics changing all the time. For younger readers I recommend the younger version Chinese Cinderella.
Hannah, 11, 2477
Book Title: The Ham Heist
Author: Darrel
Your rave: Jack Russell’s person, Sarge, is getting married and that means a big party with lots of food! All the dogs are excited, so when the ham for the wedding feast is stolen, Jack has plenty of canine supects. With the help of his junior Jack, Preacher, Jack is soon on the case of the ham heist. I really like this book because there is a glossary for me to understand the book easier and also the pictures are cute too.
Edwin, 8, 3023
Book Title: Strike a pose Daizy Star
Author: Cathy Cassidy
Your rave: Daizy Star is a girl who lives in a world with many friends, an embarrassing father who has crazy ideas to own a farm on a deserted island. Right now she is trying to figure out her star quality but I don’t think her dads crazy plans are going to help. With her friends Beth, Willow and Murphey their sure to accomplish anything. This book is for a girl that likes easy reading but a very happy ending.
Lucia, 8, 3040
Book Title: On the Farm
Author: Felice Arena & Phil Kettle
Your rave: On the school hoilidays Tom and Joey went to a Farm. It belongs to Tom’s dad. When they went there they had to wear boots and milk the cows they had to put the milking cups onto the teats. The milk goes to a vat which is a tank so the trunk can come and get the milk to the shops. Suddenly the cow pooed on Joey’s boot. They both were laughing and they said he might grow taller. Later he started to clean the boot. After there was a bull chasing them.
Alvin, 10, 3173
Book Title: Robin Hood’s Day
Author: Josephine Feely
Your rave: This story book has written up the characters. They were Jimmy 5, Patchy Pat 25 and Chelsea 45. I really love the book which gives me many chapters with each character.
Kevin, 12, 3173
Book Title: Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Your rave: This is a story of four sisters. Gorgeous Meg, tomboy writer Jo, caring Beth and the girl with the dream of art Amy. With their father in war, follow the adventure of the sisters. A few years later in the book you will read as one gets ill and two find a suitable groom, so that leaves one who might find a groom or could be with her parents. My favourite character is Jo because she is a tomboy and I am one too. I give this book 5 stars.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: Percy Jackson just wanted to be a normal kid, but being a half-blood is far from normal. It all started when he was at a musuem.When his maths teacher turns into a fury and vaporized. After that things went down hill. Percy fought a minoaur, Medusa and many more! I love this Percy Jackson book because all the action is fab!
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: Ferno the fire dragon
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: The brave Quester Tom and his four companion travel to the Winding River to battle the fearsome fire dragon who made the crops die in the village of Errinel. But Tom broke the evil wizards spell and moved onto his next quest to save the kingdom. “while there’s blood in my vains I will save Avatia.”
Amber, 8, 5159
Book Title: Percy Jackson & The Titan’s Curse
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: In this book there is a goddess in chains, Annabeth is missing and there’s a curse. How much more exciting could this book get! Five hero’s go on a quest to save the goddess in chains and Annabeth, but the Oracle has predicted that not all will survive.This book is so exciting!!!
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: Tin Tin – Cigars of the Pharoah
Author: Herge
Your rave: This book has fabulous adventure and you get a laugh . I love this book I give it 5 stars . You might even have try at figuring out who did the crime yourself.
Poppy, 12, 2430
Book Title: Claw the Giant Monkey
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: The four friends travelled to the dark jungle, one of the most dangerous places on the earth. They say that “if the heat does not kill you, then the monsters would”. Claw the monkey took Eleanor and Tom needed the help of one of the other beasts to rescue her for him, the end is when Tom managed to get the golden breast plate…but that is not the best bit. You will need to read to find that out.
Amber, 8, 5159
Book Title: Letters to Cathy
Author: Cathy Cassidy
Your rave: People have written to Cathy for quite some time she has changed peoples name’s so you will have some privacy. This book is Cathy’s first non fiction novel. If you’re having problems with anything at all Cathy has all the answers from her school days. This book is for a girl.
Lucia, 8, 3040
Book Title: The Diamond Girls
Author: Jacqualine Wilson
Your rave: The Diamond Girls is a book where the Diamond family are going through alot like… their mum is having a baby and they are moving to a bigger house and the girls are fighting alot and it is not help poor old mum. I recommend this book to 9-10 because i has a lot of shut ups so get ready to laugh!!!!!
Ruby, 9, 3111
Book Title: Black Beauty
Author: Anna Sewell
Your rave: Follow the exciting adventure of a fine black horse as he travels through a fantastic lifetime story, meeting new friends along the way. He travels to new places time to time, he also gets owned to different people. Some nice and others not too nice. The moral of the story is to treat horses like a family member. Follow the timeless story of the fine horse. I give this book 5 stars.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: Virals
Author: Kathy Reichs
Your rave: The storyline was well constructed and the plot kept you guessing to the end. I really liked the characters in the book and I would recommend it to other teenagers who enjopy reading suspenseful books. It’s a page turner!!!
Emma, 14, 4754
Book Title: Too Ghoul For School French Frights
Author: B.Strange
Your rave: It is a very interesting read.Edith is really creepy and Lenny,Alexander and James are really brave.This is one book no spook-lover should miss.
Jessica, 9, 2470
Book Title: James and the Giant Peach
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: This was a great book. I liked it because it was about a boy called James who’s life was changed by a magical peach and some special creepy crawlies. James went from being a lonely boy who lived with his mean aunts, to a happy and famous boy with lots of new friends to play with.
Mikayla, 8, 2360
Book Title: Beast Quest Master Your Destiny The Dagger of Doom
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: This book is interesting because the evil wizzard Malvel had stolen a magical dagger called the Dagger of Doom and seeked to control the peaceful land of Gorgonia. He created two terrifing beasts that guarded the Dagger of Doom. In this book, you have to defeat the two beasts, Marlik the Drowning Terror and Klaxa the Armoured Enemy with the help of Tom and Elenna.
Jerome, 10, 2134
Book Title: Surf Sisters
Author: Laurine Croasdale
Your rave: I have only been reading Surf Sisters for 2 days and I have only a chapter left. This book is something. It is great. It may not capture everyone’s interest but it certainly captures mine. I can not put this book down. You know how sometimes you start reading a book and you just can’t get into it, and then other times it just takes a while to grow on you. Well this book, right from the start is amazing. It has already grown on you so much if grows any more you won’t be able to pick it up. Surf sisters is about 4 girls and their boys and the troubles they go through because they surf. They don’t know which to pick. Boys and parties or surfing. Read it and find out! I give it a 9.9 out of 10!
Sheona, 12, 3995
Book Title: Inkdeath
Author: Cornelia Funke
Your rave: Peek between the pages of this book if you dare. Prepare to join the characters inside… literally. This is the conclusion to a series where an ordinary man breathes life into the words on the page, where people disappear into books and fight battles between the pages. Read it all in this exciting edition of INKDEATH…………..
Nikki, 12, 2485
Book Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Your rave: This is my new favourite book. Anyone who hasn’t read it needs to do so immediately. This book will make you laugh, smile and cry.
Megan, 13, 2760
Book Title: Lock and Key
Author: Sarah Dessen
Your rave: This book was absolutely amazing! It had lots of different themes and things happening throughout it, but there weren’t so many that you were overwhelmed by what was happening.
Megan, 13, 2760
Book Title: Surf Sisters
Author: Laurine Croasdale
Your rave: Surf sisters is one of those amazing books that captures your interests from the first sentence. Sometimes when people reads a book, the book doesn’t really capture their interest and then other times it just likes to take its time and grow on them. Well this book has already grown on you. So much in fact, that buy the second page, if it grows anymore it will EXPLODE. I seriously can’t put this book down. Every thing I did today it was there. Lunch, toilet, shower bed, EVERYWHERE. This amazing book is mainly about 4 girls and their boys. The girls have to decide which to chose. The boys and paries, or surfing. Which would you chose read it to find out1 What would you chose? Oh and BTW, I give it a 9.9 out of 10!
Sheona, 12, 3995
Book Title: Diary of a wimpy kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: This book introduces Greg, a guy that always getting into trouble. My favourite characters are Greg, Rowley, Manny and Roderick and the mum. The mum always messes up. You should definitely read this book.
Marcus, 7, 3107
Book Title: Sepron the sea serpent
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: Tom and Elenna were traveling to the Westen Ocean to battle the next beast but suddenly it was a race against the sea.So they went out to sea.Tom saved the beast and continued.
Amber, 8, 5159
Book Title: Percy Jackson & The Battle of the Labyrinth
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: Percy didn’t want to blow up another school. This time it Annabeth’s turn to lead a quest.The only problem is that the quest leads into the labyrinth.Along the way Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover have to fight thousands of bloodthirsty monsters. I like this book because of it’s great decription!!!
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: Tin Tin in Tibet
Author: Herge
Your rave: I loved this book for its Adventure and plot it is fun and your sure to have laugh. My favourite part was when Tin Tin found out there was yeti behind him and captain tired to save him by coming up behind the yeti but the yeti scared and knock captain over and he sat there saying An atom bomb atom bomb!! I am sure you will like this Book and I hope you do 5 stars.
Poppy, 12
Book Title: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: I give this book 10 out of 10. When I read the book I could taste the wonderful sweets that were written in the book. I also could feel the chocolatey heaven around me. Follow the chocolatey adventure of Charlie Bucket and others. This will inspire lots of kids. So you better read the book.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: Escape from Horrorland
Author: R.L. Stein
Your rave: Luke and Lizzy Morris dared to spend one day at HorrorLand, the terrifying theme park where nightmares come to life. They thought that NOTHING could lure them back, but their travel plans are about to change….
Who–or WHAT–is summoning ordinary kids to HorrorLand and trapping them there? Luke and Lizzy are determined to find out. They’ve gathered every clue.This time, Luke and Lizzy are prepared to face any danger–and any villain. Or so they thought…Read ‘Escape From Horrorland’ to find out what happens.
Caitlin, 11, 4559
Book Title: The Sorcerer’s Tower 1
Author: Ian Irvine
Your rave: The orphen Tamly and best friend Kym are as different as fire and snow. Kym has magic coming out of her fingers, and Tamly has none at all. When thire village is threatened by bad magic this unlikly pair will need to use thire combined talents to steal the book of spells from the evil sorcerer Lord Harshax.
Amber, 8, 5159
Book Title: Molly Moon & The Morphing Mystery
Author: Georgia Byng
Your rave: This book is really exciting and kept me eagerly turning the pages. It is about a girl named Molly Moon and her brother who know how to hypnotize people. They also learn how to Morph, which means you go into somebodies body or an animal and borrow it for a little while. Its all about their adventures trying to get there great grandfather’s hypnotism book where you can control the weather around the world. The evil people of this book, Miss Hunroe and her companions are using the book to control the weather around the world and wipe out every last human. Molly has to try and use her hypnotism and morphing skills to stop them. I highly recommend you read this book as it is very exciting. There is a sequel before this book that I haven’t read yet but I am sure they will be fun to read too.
Isabelle, 11, 3105
Book Title: The Adventures of Mrs Pepperpot
Author: Alf Proysen – Hilda Offen
Your rave: I love this book as it contains 2 stories – so after the first one I am always so keen to hear another of Mrs Pepperpots adventures. Mrs Pepperpot always shrinks to a small size without any notice & there is always an adventure in the story!
Alicia, 5, 3124
Book Title: The Valley of the Lost
Author: Emily Rodda
Your rave: This book lets your imagination run wild with the action, comedy and adventure. So join your imagination and read this book.
Lorna, 13, 4887
Book Title: Pearlie & The Lost Handbag
Author: Wendy Harmer
Your rave: This book is about a lady called Mrs Brown. She loses her handbag. Pearlie has to find it, but the two ugly rats have taken it. Will Pearlie and her friends find it? I liked this book because of it’s mystery & suspense.It keeps you guessing where the bag is till the end…
Freya, 7, 2066
Book Title: Angelina & The Princess
Author: Katherine Holabird
Your rave: Angelina was sick, her mother said don’t get out of bed. She got out of bed to audition for the lead role in the ballet for the princess of Mouseland. Angelina did not get a lead role. She learned the role as well as her own role. Then one of the others twisted their leg and Angelina was chosen for the role of the one who twisted their leg. Angelina got to dance and the other ballerina got to sit next to the princess.
Breanna, 5, 2299
Book Title: Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: Jason has lost his memory and Piper and Leo don’t even know their half-bloods. When Jason wakes up on the school bus he doesn’t know anything. Piper claims to be his girlfriend and Leo his best friend. They get acttacked by stormspirits find out their teacher is a satyr Piper, Leo and Jason crash land at Camp Half-Blood. There they are claimed and get a quest to save Hera. On the quest they meet a family of Cyclopes and fight a giant. At the end Jason starts to regain his memory. The best part to me was how they beat the Cyclopes.
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: Farticus Maximus Stink-Off Battle of the Century
Author: Felice Arena
Your rave: Farticus Maximus the greatest stink avenger of all time is being challenged to a stink battle with used to be world wide famous stink avenger Gassius Brutus. Will Farticus be able to save his true love Rhina or will Gassius snatch her from world famous Farticus? Read the book to find out more.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: Piper
Author: Natale Ghent
Your rave: When I think of a fantastic, exciting, extremely beautiful book, I think of ‘Piper’. It is a famous novel that is written by author, Natale Ghent. The story behind the illustrated covers, delivers a feeling of true friendship and love, a feeling that only a girl and her dog can behold. So I have chosen ‘Piper’ as my title for this book review because it carries the emotion I love to find in books.Reading this story I felt unbelievably relaxed and happy and astounded by the heart Natale Ghent has given this book. If I can come across a story with that much love and adoration I will read it.
This is a story about a girl and her dog and how they connect through love, faith and happiness.
Cassy, 11, 2324
Book Title: Don’t Be Silly Mr Twiddle
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: It was a really funny book. Mr Twiddle did every thing wrong.He put his best hat in the bin and the fish in the box at the top of the cupboard.This is a good book for all ages. I liked the book.
James, 8, 2469
Book Title: George’s Marvellous Medicine
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: George’s Marvellous medicine is about a boy who has a mean nasty grandmother that has medicine at eleven o’clock every day her medicine didn’t do her any good after she had her medicine she was more nasty then ever! So George goes around the house trying to make his own medicine!
Jessica, 10, 4506
Book Title: Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Your rave: If I could rate it I would give it a 10 out of 10. I love it, Tom and his three best friends including his girlfriend go on an exciting adventure underneath caves, in an haunted house while finding clues and secrets about Injun Joe. This mischeivous young lad always has some mischief up his sleeve. Read the book to find out more.
Upoma, 9, 3023
Book Title: H20: Living With Secrets
Author: Rachel Elliot
Your rave: Miriam,one of the most popular girls in school,is having a pool party! Cleo,Rikki and Emma can’t go because one splash of water can turn their legs into mermaid tails- thanks to something that happened in a strange cave at Mako Island (Read Book 1:No Ordinary Girl to find out what happened) Luckily,Emma and Rikki don’t care that they can’t go,but Cleo is determined to go! Cleo has never been known to miss a party! Rikki and Emma have to get her away from the party,before their secret is discovered!
Orlaine, 12, 3802
Book Title: My Worst Best Friend
Author: Dyan Sheldon
Your rave: This amazing book is about a girl who is about 16. She has a best friend named Savana. But this Savana is the cool girl in school and she always has guys oggling at her. So she never gets a look in. Untill one day she does, and what does Savana do? Read it and find out. This book is more drama/romance. But if you are thinking it is girly girl it is not. This is one of those feel good whats happening next books. It is really hard to put down. You know how sometimes you read a book and you can’t get into it. And then other times it takes it time to grow on you, well this book is neither of them. As soon as you are onto the 2nd page it has grown on you so much, that if it grows anymore it will explode. I give it a 9.9 out of 10.
Sheona, 12, 3995
Book Title: Miles to Go
Author: Miley Cyrus
Your rave: MILES TO GO is a written journey of Miley Cyrus’s life. She is troubled at school with bullying and pranks by a few mean girls. But as time flies by, Miley proves that a few little problems at school won’t stop her from living her dreams. Miley can’t just sing and act, but she can write. I think this book is so well written that when your reading it, you feel like you’re living it. I cried when I was reading some parts; they just about breake your heart.
I would rate it 9/10!
Well done Miley!
Hannah, 11, 2290
Book Title: Dork Diaries How to Dork your Diary
Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Your rave: In this dork diaries book Nikki has lost her diary! As the story goes on Nikki gives tips on how to dork your diary. It also gives you space to write your own diary. I like the book because it’s funny.
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: Percy Jackson & The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: Percy is now sixteen in a week and the prophecy is about to come true. With all his friends by his side, Percy will now face the titan lord himself, Kronos.To make things worse Typhon the dreaded, collossal monster is heading for the empire state building ( Olympus). With mortals asleep it’s up to forty demigods and the hunters to hold off the millions of monsters coming.This book is the last book of the collection and a brilliant ending!!!!
Reeann, 10, 5159
Book Title: The Twilight Series
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Your rave: A phenonmenal series about a supernatural teen romance. Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse are also availabe on DVD.
Taylah, 11, 2580
Book Title: Soltra the stone charmer
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: Tom,Elenna,Silver and Storm moved onto their next Quest which brought Tom home.He saw his family again and hid the people.He was about to be defeated,but was helped by one of the good beast,defeated Soltra and won the breastplate.
Amber, 8, 5159
Book Title: The Clever Cowboy
Author: Angela McAllister
Your rave: In this story there is a pancake tossing contest and I LOVE pancakes.
Jaswine, 9, 4306
Book Title: The 13 Storey Treehouse
Author: Andy Griffiths
Your rave: This book is gets 5 stars. It’s about Andy and Terry who live in tree with a lemonade fountain, a man eating shark pool and room full pillows . I loved this book and I think every child should read his books and this is just one of the great books he has written. He is a fabulous author and big nos is waiting 5.30 – don’t be late.
Poppy, 12, 2430
Book Title: Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo
Author: Alison Lester
Your rave: I give this book 10 out of 10 stars. I like it because it is about two cultures comparing to each other and it is exciting to read. It is funny seeing all the things the kids do. It would be a great book for you to read. This is an educational book.The books start is the end and the secret is in the title.
Tobias, 7, 0820
Book Title: Elsewhere
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Your rave: Elsewhere is an amazing book written by Gabrielle Zevin. It follows fifteen year old Liz, who is killed by a hit and run at the mall. It explores a different concept of death, where once you finish your journey on a boat, you arrive at Elsewhere, to start a new life, bringing new hardships, new people, and new relationships.
Megan, 13, 2760
Book Title: Batty
Author: Chris Bell
Your rave: It was a funny book about a bat from mexico who got up to all kinds of mischief. He even fell in love with a human!
Lily, 5, 2152
Book Title: Captain Underpants
Author: Dav Pilkey
Your rave: This Book Is So Funny Anyone Will Laugh For Hours And Hours
Tarik, 10, 3033
Book Title: Graffiti Moon
Author: Cath Crowley
Your rave: This book is an amazing book to read. It is about a girl that is trying to fing a graffiti artist. But what she doesn’t know is that she’s known him all along. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a mystery.
Skye, 12, 4561
Book Title: Baby Wombat’s Week
Author: Jackie French
Your rave: Kate loved the pictures. Story easy to understand. Pictures relate to text. Lovely book.
Kate, 3, 3469
Book Title: The Flood
Author: Jackie French
Your rave: It was really interesting to read the book(flood).I rate it 8 out of 10.My favourite part was when the flood ended and that was happy to.
Natasha, 7, 3143
Book Title: The Throne of Fire
Author: Rick Riordan
Your rave: This is one of my favourites! It is a good book and I would recommend it to anyone. It is a mixture of adventure, fantasy and a twist of humour. It captures your mind as soon as you open the cover!!!! Brother and sister Carter and Sadie embark on a quest to find the three scrolls of Ra (the egyptian sun god) so they can awaken him before Apophis (the egyptian snake god) swallows him and plunges the world into darkness. The adventure that follows is a series of challenging events only the toughest can handle……
Carly, 10, 3228
Book Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Author: J K Rowling
Your rave: It’s a great fantasy book. My favourite part was when Hagrid gave Dudley a pig’s tail. Harry meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger and becomes best friends with them.
Nadine, 8, 3037
Book Title: A Star So Bright
Author: Christina Butler
Your rave: I liked the story because it was a Christmas story about Jesus being born in a stable.
Callum, 7, 2035
Book Title: Dancing Feet
Author: Lindsay Craig
Your rave: Catchy words very entertaining. A fun read. Nice pictures. Wonderful for little kids!
Kate, 3, 3469
Book Title: The Little Darlings
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Your rave: Little Darlings is a wonderful book with two different girls that are good friends but sooner or later they find out that they are sisters. Their father is a singer that is quiet famous. The two girls names are Destiny and Sunny. It is fantastic and I love it. In my opinion that this book is the best for 2 Best Friends. So maybe when you are in the library try to find Little Darlings!!!
Beth, 11, 2130
Book Title: Josephine Wants to Dance
Author: Jackie French
Your rave: Entertaining, makes me want to learn ballet too.
Lorraine, 2, 5031
Book Title: EJ 12 Hot & Cold
Author: Scholastic
Your rave: I liked how she defeated evil Dr Hill & saved the baby penguin,most of all I like her gadgets.
Shalini, 9, 2566
Book Title: 6 o’clock tales
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: This book has a lot of short stories and you are meant to read it at six o clock. It’s the best book I ever read.
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: My Secret Unicorn Dreams Come True
Author: Linda Champman
Your rave: I like this book because it is very exciting and interesting til the end. In this book, Lauren and her pony Twilight helped Mel’s pony named Shadow.Shadow was scared to jump because in his childhood he hurt himself while jumping over a tree. After this incidence Shadow stopped jumping. But in the story at last Mel and her pony Shadow were stuck in the barn on stormy day. Their barn caught into fire from lightning and the only way to escape from fire was to make a high jump and finally Shadow gathered the courage for it.
Mahek, 7, 0810
Book Title: Emmett’s Pig
Author: Mary Stolz
Your rave: I liked this book because it so amazing that when he wants a pig he just gets it on his birthday.
Katrina, 8, 3023
Book Title: Mary Kate & Ashley
Author: Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
Your rave: I enjoyed this book because i have watched the TV episodes but I enjoyed being able to read the books instead of lounging around watching it!!!
I would rate this book 7/10!
Lucy, 12, 3121
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: Jeff has been in trouble with the school property and he and Rowley have damaged the school by putting up some posters to with green food die and it starts raining and the green stays on the wall. A man see Rowley and Greg do it but he never see who it was and Rowley handed him self in.
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: Charlie Bucket really wants to find a golden ticket and when he was walking home he finds a 10 dollar note and he runs into the nearest store to buy a chocolate. He rips open the choclate and find a golden ticket.The book is so funny!
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: The Wishing Chair Again
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: I liked this book.It was about two children called Peter & Mollie & a pixie called Chinky.They went off in their wishing chair. I recommend this book to anyone who likes magic!!!
Omkar, 9, 3037
Book Title: Goosebumps – The Haunted School
Author: R.L. Stein
Your rave: Timmy a new kid gets into Bell Street School and he finds out that the 1947 has gone missing. He and Ben go to the art room but get lost in the school and they find the 1947 class but they can’t escape.
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: Lily’s Pesky Plant
Author: Kirsten Larsen
Your rave: Lily is a garden fairy. One day she decided to go possum fern spotting and found a mysterious seed. She and her friends didn’t
know what type it was so Lily decides the only way to find out is to plant it. But then it grows into a very troublesome plant… I liked the story because it wasn’t too hard to read, it was exciting and entertaining. It had lots of mystery and fantasy in it and the characters were realistic.
Winona, 9, 3634
Book Title: Red Leech
Author: Andrew Lane
Your rave: Andrew Lane’s book Red Leech absolutely surpasses dozens of other books for teens I’ve read. With endless action and packed with brilliant deductions from the younger version of the detective we love, the second installment in the Young Sherlock Holmes series will leave you with one word on your lips, “WOW!”
Red Leech sees Sherlock battling with sinister criminals and the teenage detective is as smart, strong and madly courageous as always!
Andrew Lane’s characters are so real, and his stories take you to places filled with unmatched exhilaration, which makes Red Leech a book that expands your knowledge, gives you a wonderful time and (as any good book should) leaves you exhausted at the end. An opportunity for intellectual work, knowledge expansion and emotional climaxes, Red Leech is evidently one of the best crime fiction/adventure books ever written!
Reena, 13, 2745
Book Title: Little Miss Naughty
Author: Roger Hargreaves
Your rave: Mr Impossible squeezed Litttle Miss Naughty’s nose everytime she did something Naughty. I like the book because it is funny!
Dominic, 7, 3108
Book Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: Cabin Fever
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: It is sooooooooo funny. One of the best books I ever read. My fav bit is when they get snowed in.
Luke, 11, 5343
Book Title: How to steal a dragon’s sword
Author: Cressida Cowell
Your rave: This is the best book I’ve read in my life cause it’s got lots of adventure and excitement on every page. I love all the verbs in this book. I totally recommend it for any type of reader.
Bailey, 10, 4721
Book Title: The Stone Rose
Author: Jacqueline Rayner
Your rave: Wow! What an interesting book! It features the 10th Doctor in Doctor Who and his companion Rose. The 2 are soon off to Rome after seeing a complete duplicate of Rose in a museum. But the terrible truth is soon revealed behind the statue. What is it? A great read!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: It’s Greg’s first year starting in middle school and he’s really nervous! He and Rowley are best friends and Greg tells Rowley not to say Grey do you want to come over and play.
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: The Famous Five
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: When the famous five go to George’s house and she tells them that she has her own island to her self! They don’t belive her but when they go and ask her mum she say yes and that night they go and camp over on Geroge island. While they were still there they see there’s people stealing stuff and they have to stop them. They stop them by catching them, calling the police and tha’st how they get called the Famous Five.
Luke, 12, 3073
Book Title: The Amazing story of Adolphus Tips
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Your rave: In 1943 Lily Tregenza lives on a farm in the seaside village of Slapton, and her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until the day the villagers are all told to move out of their homes -lock, stock and barrel. Soon the whole area is out of bounds and the allied forces prepare to invade France. But Tips, Lily’s adored cat, has other ideas and returns to the forbidden area. Desperate to find her Lily decides to enter the danger zone to look for tips. I LOVE THIS BOOK (best book i have ever read). I like how the book is Lily’s diary and its Lily’s side of the story. I can really relate to the story. I would recommend this book for people who like books done up as diaries and LOVE cats.
Madeline, 10, 3030
Book Title: The Best Project Billie B Brown
Author: Sally Rippin
Your rave: Billie’s little Brother is cute,but he can be annoying. Billie has to keep everything away from him.Especially the tower she has made for her school project…
Rachael, 8, 4818
Book Title: Scarlett
Author: Cathy Cassidy
Your rave: Scarlett is a great book about a girl who is very misunderstood and when Scarlett’s mum sends her to live with her dad and stepmum in Ireland she thinks she will hate it there. When a mysterious boy on a beautiful black horse arrives when Scarlett is trying to run away after school, she starts to like Kian and his black horse Midnight. It’s a story all about hopes and dreams, a mum who Scarlett she thinks doesn’t care, change and learning to trust again. I think that people of all ages can enjoy Scarlett. You did a fantastic job Cathy Cassidy!
Alexandrea, 12, 3377
Book Title:The Peskie Spell
Author: Emily Rodda
Your rave: In the Fairy Realm books Jessie is the granddaughter of the True Fairy Queen Jessica. Jessie goes to the Realm through her Grandmother’s secret Garden to help the fairy folk. In this book little green Peskies are flying all around the Realm eating all the magic. Jessie and her friends need to work together to make the Brew to make the spell work. This is a fun and exciting book and there are a whole series of them!
Phoebe, 7, 2206
Book Title: The Wishing Chair
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: This is a big book which I really like, especially because it has great pictures of their adventures. I like the weird treats like warm milk and bread and honey that they get. The bad brownie boarding school adventure is my favourite.
Lily, 8, 4551
Book Title: Fantastic Mr Fox
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: This is a story about three farmers they were called Boggis, Brunce and Bean. They were the nastiest three farmers you could ever meet.They hate Mr Fox and plan to shoot, starve, or dig him out of his hole. But Mr Fox is much more cleverer than they are and he has a cunning plan of his own.
Rachael, 8, 4818
Book Title: Brer Rabbit
Author: Enid Blyton
Your rave: This is a collection of stories about a rascally rabbit who plays tricks on other woodland creatures, and seems to always get away with it. It’s funny, and a bit silly, and I enjoyed reading it.
Tessa, 7, 3690
Book Title: Jim Hedgehog’s Supernatural Christmas
Author: Russell Hoban
Your rave: This book is about a hedgehog named Jim who loves food and watching TV. But one dark day it all ended.
Oneli, 11, 3150
Book Title: Harry Potter
Author: J K Rowling
Your rave: Harry Potter is a great series of books for people who like: Mystery, action, magic and romance. When people first started to suggest the books to me I thought “it’s probably all just a load of magic rubbish” but now that I’ve read them all I think again. Like I said earlier if you like action and adventure this is the book for you.
Hunter, 10, 4207
Book Title: Green Eggs & Ham
Author: Dr Seuss
Your rave: Very funny way of telling you to try new things. Good pictures and easy words.
Abbey, 5, 3690
Book Title: Clarice Bean Spells Trouble
Author: Lauren Child
Your rave: This book is about Clarice Bean, a girl that goes to school. She has a favourite author Ruby Redfort that encourages her in acting for the school play. It’s The Sound of Music. Clarice wants to be an actor because she is going to see Ruby Redfort the movie. She wants to be Liesl von Trapp. But she is nun no.4. At the end of the story she stands up for Karl and wouldn’t be in the play because Karl did grafiti on the wall. Her brother Kurt got Hollywood Pictures to come to his work for Clarice to be in Ruby Redfort movie. Then she is all happy.
Caitlin, 9, 2565
Book Title: Specky Magee
Author:Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Your rave: It is a great series about a young boy called Simon and his AFL football career. It was a great read for me not just because I love AFL but because it is so true and there are little hints and tips along the way. It is a fantastic book and you should read it, it’s full of humour, romance (eww!), fun, football, adventure and anything else you can imagine, big credit to the authors!
Grace, 13, 5268
Book Title: Willy the Champ
Author: Anthony Browne
Your rave: It was good. I love it. It was fantastic.
Chelsea, 7, 2565
Book Title: The Ivory Rose
Author: Belinda Murrell
Your rave: This book is about when Jemma has got a first job babysitting a little girl who lives in a supposedly hauted house. The house is haunted by a 12 year old girl named Gorgiana, who was murdered hundreds of years ago. When Jemma finds an old ivory rose pendant, she is transported back in time to the house in the late 1800′s. Jemma becomes a housemaid where young Gorgiana is constantly sick. Jemma suspects she is being poisoned, and tries to find who.
I spent a whole night reading this book. It is EXREMELY addictive. I also learnt what life was like in developing Australia. BTW:The witches houses are real.
Natasha, 11, 4702
Book Title: Cat’s Cradle
Author: Julia Golding
Your rave: I love reading this series about Cat Royal’s hilarous escapades. With a pinch of history, a dash of adventure, and a generous serving of humor, you’ll never be bored reading this series!
Jemima, 13, 2480
Book Title: The Bad Beginning
Author:Lemony Snickett
Your rave: This book is a little weird because in it everything happening is unfortunate.But I couldn’t stop reading it. Right now, you should try it! It’s great.
Angus, 9, 5070
Book Title: The Twilight Reign 1 – Stormcaller
Author: Tom Lloyd
Your rave: I read this book literally overnight and it’s by far my favorite story ever. Better than Kristin Cashore’s Graceling (also an epic read) and the Millennium Trilogy put together. The characters are so alive I feel pulled into the novel and the amazing world of mages, kings, medieval politics and conspiracy. Guys if you like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson coupled with epic strategy and mind-blowing action with unique characters, you’ll love this series!
Bernanda, 16, 2170
Book Title: Animal Ark Series
Author: Lucy Daniels
Your rave: I like the Animal Ark series because it is about animals and I love animals. The series is about two vets who have a child, Mandy and she has a best friend, James. Mandy and James go on lots of adventures to save different stray animals. Mandy’s parents have a very strict rule that Mandy is NOT allowed to have a pet of her own because there are so many animals in the surgery.
Elena, 7, 3031
One reason I like these books is because when I read them I cannot predict what will happen and I feel very involved.
Book Title: The Unicorn’s Secret
Author: Kathleen Duey
Your rave: I love unicorns and this is one of the best books I have read. It is about a little girl called Heart who has no parents and lives a hard life in Ash Grove. She was found by a man called Simon who isn’t very nice, but helps her. She finds an old broken horse who she calls Avamir. But Simon wants to sell the horse to the knackers. Heart runs away with the horse to the forest to protect the horse and we get to follow her adventures. Ace story!
Holly, 8, 4563
Book Title:Virals
Author: Kathy Reichs
Your rave: Tory Brennan and her friends rescue a dog caged for medical testing. They are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their DNA so they can smell, see and hear 20 times better then a normal human and they become extremely strong and fast. They are then caught up in a solving murder from a long time ago. This book is great. Not a heavy read and a lot of fun, lots of action, crime and sci-fi. People aged 10 to 18 will most enjoy this book.
Jordy, 14, 4573
Book Title: Would you rather
Author: Chris Higgins
Your rave: Would you rather is a game Flick and her friends love. But when Flick`s dad uncovers some untold mystery Flick finds that not all choices are a game. This is an awesome book assured to make you laugh, smile and cry.
Vanessa, 11, 2067
Book Title: Apollo 23
Author: Justin Richards
Your rave: Starring the 11th Dr in Dr who. The doctor and his companion, Amy land on the moon. There is a system here on the moon that wipes crinmals minds and replaces tham with new ones. BUT is this safe? Can the doctor find out who’s really behind this? The answer is in the book!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Confessions of a bitter secret santa
Author: Lara Bergen
Your rave: I loved this book. it was sad and funny, can’t go wrong. Totally LOL,and you never expect what happens in the end!!
Bella, 11, 3149
Book Title: Hex Hall #1
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Your rave: When sixteen year old Sophie Mercer’s love spell goes disastrously wrong she is shipped off to Hex Hall, a reform school for witches, shape shifters and faeries. By the end of her first day Sophie already has three powerful enemies, a crush on the best looking warlock in the school and a creepy roommate who happens to be a vampire. Soon Sophie learns that a mysterious monster has been attacking students and all fingers point to her vampire roommate.
Katharina, 13, 4285
Book Title: Demon Glass (Hex Hall #2)
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Your rave: Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch until she discovered the family secret. Turns out Sophie was a Demon giving her powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. That’s why Sophie decides to go to London for the Removal (and dangerous procedure that either kills you or get rid of you powers for good). But once Sophie arrives she notices that her father and her aren’t the only Demons in the world. Meaning, someone’s raising demons in secret, planning to use their power and probably not for good.
Katharina, 13, 4285
Book Title: The Best Nest
Author: PD Eastman
Your rave: This book The Best Nest is about 2 birds, one likes their current nest, but the other doesn’t. So they start looking for a new nest. They look and try everywhere and eventually they come back to their own nest. The bird who doesn’t like it, finds that it is the best nest after all. I like this book because I enjoy their adventures of finding the new nest.
Lachlan, 6, 3111
Book Title: Meet Rose
Author: Sherryl Clark
Your rave: Rose McCubbin is a girl in 1900, and all she wants to do is play cricket and read adventure books. But Rose’s mother won’t let her do anything she wants because “Ladies do not do that”. Rose thinks ladies don’t do anything fun! Rose’s mother thinks she should do embroidery with Miss Parson and wear a tight corset! Rose shreds it the corset to bits she is so annoyed!! Then Rose’s Aunt Alice comes to stay, and encourages Rose to stand up for women’s rights,like how women should be allowed to vote. Rose’s mother thinks Alice gives the family a bad reputation and is a disgrace. She also thinks men run victoria just fine and that it is right not to let women vote.(The complete opposite of Alice!) Mother and Alice fight all the time,and Rose’s mum won’t even eat with Alice! Will Aunt Alice get kicked out of their house for being a disgrace?
Orlaine, 12, 3802
Book Title: Battle Boy- Destroy Troy
Author: Charlie Carter
Your rave: I think this book should only be read by people over 7 years old. Charlie Carter did a fantastic job! The characters are awesome such as Professor Perdu,Skin and Napoleon. This is just his 3rd mission!! This time BBOO5 is right in the middle of the middle of the battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. His mission is to find out if the Greeks really left the Trojan horse outside the gates of the city.A good history book.
Jay, 8, 3631
Book Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Your rave: The Hunger Games is a great book that had me engaged from the first page. The book is based in a time when the Republic of the United States has fallen, replaced by another, crueller government called the Capitol. The Hunger Games is a fantastic read, with many themes including friendship, family and trust, and I would definitely recommend it to any mature reader.
Annabel, 13, 4680
Book Title: The Dust of Ages
Author: Justin Richards
Your rave: Featuring the 10th in Dr Who, this book is part 1 of the 10 book series – The Darksmith Legacy.The Dr (a timelord)lands on the moon where he meets a team of professors. Later on in the book the Doctor, Bobby and Professor Dollund find a hand off a statue which turns out to be choking, life-threatining dust. The doctor soon realises that this so called ‘alive’ dust is brought to life or animated by a powerful crystal. Meanwhile the Darksmiths (an alien race) are on the hunt for he crystsl and brother Varlos (another Darksmith) But Varlos is to be sent to death – why? Find out by reading the series!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: The Graves of Mordane
Author: Colin Brake
Your rave: Featuring the 10th in Dr Who this book is part 2 of the 10 book series – The Darksmith Legacy.The Dr (a timelord) travels to Mordane (the planet of the dead. The reason the doctor is here is because he needs to find out about the crystal and destroy as quickly as he can, but with dead people coming out of their graves to kill, it’s kind of impossible.Can the Doctor get past the dead living nightmares. Can he outsmart Agent, a robot sent in by the Darksmiths to get the crystal? Read it to find out!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Your rave: This book was excellent.It was about a group of pirates who got to the treasure before the villains. I recommend this book to anyone who likes pirates or villains.
Omkar, 9, 3037
Book Title: The Wombat and the Grand Poohjam
Author: Jackie French
Your rave: I liked this book because it is about the Grand Poohjam being tricked by a wombat who is suppose to sing. The Princess is from O’Straylia and when you say it, it is the same as Australia. I like how the Grand Poohjam and Wombat move across the bottom of each page. There are lots of words to read and it’s also very colourful. I enjoyed reading this book.
Elliot, 8, 4405
Book Title: Sea Dreamer
Author: Elizabeth Pulford
Your rave: Sea Dreamer is about relationships, especially that of Cassie and Rana- who have been friends since they were young girls. When this once strong relationship begins to disintegrate Cassie tries to hold onto Rana, and to the way things were. But in life nothing ever remains the same. Cassie, who lives within the smell of the sea, is a sea dreamer. So strongly linked are her thoughts and moods to the sea, it’s as if she was born on the ever-ebbing tide. She relates much of her inner and outer world to the spirit of the sea. I recommend this book for 11 years and over as the sub-main themes are challenging to comprehend. Readers who enjoy some history and mystery will really get pleasure from reading this book.
I rate it 8/10!!!
Elena, 12, 3193
Book Title: Maximum Ride Volume 4
Author: James Patterson
Your rave: Maximum Ride is the best graphic novel I have read! It is about a group of six children Max, Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge and Angel who have wings. They are trying to escape from the School which is the place where they got their wings. They are living with Anne Walker who lets them live at her house. She also enrolled them in a proper school. Later they discover many secrets of the schools’ past. They later discover something about their guardian, Anne Walker.
Nadia, 11, 2060
Book Title: Squish!
Author: Terry Denton
Your rave: This book Squish! is about a fish home alone that has to look after a cat and a dog. He orders some food from the internet by entering the other person’s credit card number. I like the funny thing happens when his food order has arrived and it is raining. He has ordered a thousand boxes. He has to carry his food into the house. But they all get wet and explode.
Lachlan, 6, 3111
Book Title: The 13 Storey Treehouse
Author: Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Your rave: In this book, Andy and Terry fight shrimps, crazy sea monsters disguised as mermaids and a gorilla that wants to eat an Andy and a Terry banana. This book is ‘shrimp-mermaid-gorilla-tastic. I give it 1000/1000!
Marcus, 7, 3107
Book Title: The Diamond Girls
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Your rave: A typical slice of real life, tough on the outside, warm on the inside. A great book that I love!
GabZ, 13, 4680
Book Title: Superfrog!
Author: Michael Foreman
Your rave: It’s really cool. It’s really nice and friendly. ‘Cause I love it… ’cause I really, really love it….. that’s why, Mum!
Leonidis, 4, 2795
Book Title: Boy vs Beast: Battle of the World’s Infernix
Author: Mac Park
Your rave: Kai masters is a high- tech border guard and beast battler. Can Kai defeat the super hot Flamaxagon,with his Faom blaster and his shield? Can Kai keep Earth safe? I like this part, when Flamaxagon blows heaps of fireballs at Kai then Kai shoots foam back. At first I wonder who was going to win, then it seemed clear. Want to know who won? Read it!
Edwin, 8, 3023
Book Title: Robot Reboot
Author: H.J Harper
Your rave: Sam is one of the smartest kids on earth. When Sam becomes too much of a know-it-all for the star league team,he accepts a computer chip from Iris that will make him more ‘normal’. But the chip didn’t seem to work out well. And soon Sam realised he was controlled by an old enemy, Iris. Can the star league save Sam or can he save himself?
My favourite part of the story is that when Sam and Iris are riding a megadroid. The megadroid can shoot lots of missles. If you wear gloves on your hands and feets,the robot will do anything that you do.
Brendan, 8, 3023
Book Title: Black Beauty
Author: Anna Sewell
Your rave: What a great book! A timeless tale that continues to delight readers everywhere. With a great story line, I found it rather difficult to put the book down. With many versions such as a picture book or the original novel, Black Beauty is definitely an enchanting tale for everyone.
Lauren, 11, 3121
Book Title: Inheritance
Author: Christopher Paolini
Your rave: I have long awaited the finale to the Inheritance cycle. Eragon’s journey with Saphira has been enormous and continues in this large book (860 pages). The adventures are well written and there are many suspenseful moments. If this sounds interesting please read Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr (the first three in the series) before attempting Inheritance. It will take you quite a while to read them all but it it well worth it!!
Louise, 13, 3131
Book Title: Chosen by a horse
Author: Susan Richards
Your rave: This book is brilliant. This horse is raced at the age of 1 and now all skinny and also has a foal. Then the foal is taken away but the mother is used to it and has a great life with her new owner Susan. Susan has a bad life to start with but gets better and is healed of all her sorrow from 1 horse. Brillant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Taya, 12, 4816
Book Title: Wombat Devine
Author: Mem Fox
Your rave: When I read Wombat Divine I learnt to take a breath at fullstops. I liked Wombat Divine because Wombat tried out for different parts. I enjoyed the Nativity play and laughed when Wombat fell asleep in the manger. I loved eating pudding like Wombat.
Breanna, 5, 2299
Book Title: Kangaroo Island
Author: Phil Kettle
Your rave: Our Australia books are good because they tell you all about Australia. They also speak to some locals and people who also became Australian citizens. My favourite one is Kangaroo Island. That is Kl for short. They speak to a local called Louise. She lives on a farm. These books tell you about everything you need to know, animals, plants, people and places. They find this out in a very interesting way. The best thing is… you don’t have to read them in order. They still make sense. Try to read book one first.
Laura, 8, 3072
Book Title: The Goose Girl
Author: Shannon Hale
Your rave: I love this book! It’s about a princess who is sent to another land to marry the prince. On the way some of her guards murder the other guards and try to kill the princess but she escapes and works for the king as a goose girl. Dressed in a head scarf her new friends don’t guess what she is until she tells them and they go and regain her place as princess. With her power to control the wind she and forest friends go and fight the guards and her old lady in waiting who had taken her place as princess. She ends up marring the prince who turned out to be the man she had met and fallen in love with when she was the goose girl. He had told her at the time that he was the prince’s guard not the prince. I love this book and am yet to read its sequels Enna burning and River secrets.
Amy, 12, 3220
Book Title: Captain Underpants & the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants
Author: Dav Pilkey
Your rave: This book will make you laugh until your head nearly falls off. As Poopypants and the Waistband warrior over the future of the whole entire planet, George and Harold (2 schoolkids) try to stop them both. This book is the most fun ever.
Marcus, 7, 3107
Book Title: Abduction
Author: John Grisham
Your rave: This is a really interesting book! Not much action but its alright!!!
Amy, 13, 5330
Book Title: My Mum
Author: Anthony Browne
Your rave: Everything in the book is written about my mum , but also my mum makes chocolate banana smoothies and mashed potato and she picks me up at kindy.This book should be given free to all the kids in the world because I love my mum – sleeping with her is the best, and I liked reading the pages and adding more stuff I especially liked to know my mum will always love me.
Jack, 5, 4740
Book Title: Listening
Author: Jenny Feely
Your rave: The book helped me to receive a listening certificate from school. It’s about a family of hippos explaining when it’s good to listen, and, what to do to show others you have heard what it is they are talking about. To make friends listening is important. Thanks to this great book, I am glad mum bought it for me.
Kelsea, 6, 4740
Book Title: Fruit Baskets: Volume 1
Author: Natsuki Takaya
Your rave: Fruit Basket is a graphic novel and anime book. It is about a girl called Tohru Honda who lives in a tent. And one day her classmate Yuki Sohma offered Tohru to live in his house after her tent got washed away. While living there she finds out some of the Sohma family’s darkest secret of all.
Nadia, 11, 2060
Book Title: The Keepers, Museum of Thieves
Author: Lian Tanner
Your rave: This book is a fictonal book. A girl called Goldie Roth. She lives in the city of Jewel, but on at a very special ceromney the Fugleman comes in and says a bomb has just gone off! Goldie desieds to run away but she ends up in this museum! Will Goldie get in troble because she ran away? Find out by reading this book. This book is ideal for ages 10-15 and it is good for Boys and Girls!
Olivia, 11, 2906
Book Title: Gobblewort the Goblin
Author: Victor Kelleher
Your rave: This is a great book for kids between the ages of 6-10. Gibblewort is an Irish Goblin who hates Australia. When he’s sent to Australia he finds that it is worst than he thought. The first book of the series ( Goblin in the rainforest ) is a mosquito zapping crocodile chasing amazing new thriller Goblin in the rainforest.
Hamish, 10, 2830
Book Title: Two at the Zoo
Author: Holly Smith Dinbergs
Your rave: This book is about two girls lost on a special excursion to the zoo. They are supposed to follow their teacher,Miss Walker but they were looking at a cute lion poster. I like this book because it is very interesting. I give 5 out of 5 and also this book comes in a series.
Edwin, 8, 3023
Book Title: The Swan Kingdom
Author: Zoe Marriot
Your rave: This book is lovely – it is very much like the classic fairy tale, just more modern. It is a book that will make you feel like in another world and it is perfect for 11 and up.
Holly, 15, 2827
Book Title: The Boy who wasn’t there
Author: Michael Panckridge
Your rave: I love this book, The way the author writes it I feel like I am part of the book. This book is about a girl called Gabrielle who awakens in a hospital bed with no memory of her past. She gets placed into foster care.But her new home has a story untold, that Gabrielle uncovers over time!!
Lily, 12, 3166
Book Title: Kipper’s Snowy Day
Author: Mick Inkpen
Your rave: I liked when kipper and his friend tiger played with tiger’s woolly and funny clothes.
Sofia, 7, 3145
Book Title: Autonomy
Author: Daniel Blythe
Your rave: An awesome read featuring the 10th doctor and is based in the future only 2013 though! This story tells of an enormous shopping centre called Hyperville. Every plastic object is believed to be controlled by the manager of Hyperville. But what about those moving shop dummies? I highly recommend this absolutely gripping book!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Your rave: This book is about a girl called Matilda. She loves reading books and her teacher thinks she’s a genius, but her parents think she is a nuisance. They want Matilda to read fewer books and watch more television. But has a few extraodinary and smart tricks. So her parents better watch out.
Seyma, 13, 3012
Book Title: Knife
Author: R.J Anderson
Your rave: Knife is the first of a series of four following the life of a young fairy named Bryony who lives with her ‘adoptive’ mother Wink. After she meets a young human man in a wheelchair named Paul, she saves him using the magic she never knew she had three times before they eventually fall in love and Knife gives her wings for a human body to be with paul. This book is all about love, friendship, trust and plenty of magic. It’s perfect for girls aged 12-15 and I’ve gotten plenty of my friends reading it.
Grace, 13, 4405
Book Title: Dirty Bertie
Author: Alan MacDonald
Your rave: This is about a boy called Bertie.His worst enemy is Know-All Nick.Bertie had bet with him.Who ever gets dressed last from swimming lesson,they have to come to school in their underpants.Bertie lost the bet.But on the day Bertie came to school dressed nomally.Instead of seeing Bertie’s underpants,all the children saw Know-All Nick’s underpants.It was funny that Know-All Nick pulled his own trousers down. And that was my favourite part of the story.I give it 5 out of 5 because its the funniest story I ever read.
Brendan, 8, 3023
Book Title: Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space
Author: Dav Pilkey
Your rave: This is the third epic novel by Dav Pilkey. Its fun to read about Captain Underpants getting into lots of trouble again. George and Harold always have to save him. I love every single book that Dav Pilkey has written.
Marcus, 7, 3107
Book Title: Ties that bind, Ties that break
Author: Lensey Namioka
Your rave: Set in China in 1911, we learn about the protagonist, Tao Ailin, and her refusal to follow the Ancient Chinese tradition of feet binding. The book is about the consequences that follow Ailin’s decision to reject this tradition.
I highly recommend this book to readers who appreciate Chinese history and culture, and to all girls generally, especially in the 10-14 age group. I enjoyed reading this book immensely. It opened my eyes to a different time, culture and place, yet discussed issues that are very relevant today. My rating would be 9/10. A fantastic novel!
Elena, 12, 3193
Book Title: Ivy Bean and the Ghost that had to go
Author: Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
Your rave: I think that this book was excellent and amazing!!! I read it all in a hour! It is about a ghost in the girls bathroom at Emerson School and it is haunting the pupils. They say the ghost is very cloudy with bright yellow eyes! Thanks Annie and Sophie for writing this book, It’s Number 1!!!
Alicia, 9, 2035
Book Title: Between Shades of Grey
Author: Ruta Sepetys
Your rave: Just read it! all ages can enjoy this beautiful, heartbreaking, emotional story of a girl whose courage is put to the test when she is deported to Siberia under Stalin’s orders.
Mairead, 15, 3166
Book Title: The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
Author: Lauren Barnholdt
Your rave: This is a great book for 12 – 15 girls, shopping, BFFs, partying and muh more. A really cool book with a good sequel ‘Devon Delany, You Totally Should Know Better’.
Amy, 13, 5330
Book Title: The Waterhole
Author: Graeme Base
Your rave: The story starts off with a rhino drinking out of the waterhole and it gets smaller and smaller and smaller.The story goes from one rhino drinking out of the waterhole to ten kangroos wanting to drink water but there is no water left in the waterhole.
Gennayah, 9, 4805
Book Title: Bobo my superdog
Author: Michael Salmon
Your rave: This book Bobo my Superdog is about a dog who has super power. He lives with a family and only the little boy knows that he has super power. He has a machine to tell him where people need help. I really like this book because I like super power stuff.
Lachlan, 6, 3111
Book Title: My name is Memory
Author: Ann Brashares
Your rave: Absolutely amazing. Anyone who loved Lauren Kate’s “Fallen” will absolutely adore this book. 11/10.
Adrienne, 14, 4410
Book Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Author: Maggie Moore and Steve Cox
Your rave: This story is about Jack and the beanstalk. Jack is a boy and he is really poor. One day he went to the market. When he was walking to the market he met a man who gave him 5 magic beans for his cow. Jack then went home and his Mum threw the beans out the window and he got sent to bed. In the morning Jack looked out the window and the beanstalk had grown. He quickly rushed outside and started climbing the beanstalk. Then he climbed to the sky and he found a castle. He walked on the clouds and went inside the castle and heard a giant speaking. The giant had lunch and then called his hen and asked it to lay golden eggs. The giant fell asleep and then Jack quickly grabbed the hen. The hen flapped its wings and squawked. This woke the giant up. Jack quickly climbed back down the beanstalk. When he got to the bottom he used an axe to chop the beanstalk. The giant fell with a thump! The hen lay heaps of golden eggs and they lived happily ever after. Jack and his mother were never poor again.
Nicholas, 6, 3166
Book Title: The Magician’s Boy
Author: Susan Cooper
Your rave: The Magician’s Boy is a beginning chapter book about a magician’s helper who would like to learn magic. His responsibility at each magic show is to present a puppet show for the children. When his St. George puppet gets lost, the Magician’s Boy gets sent into the Land of Story to find him. On his quest, the boy must travel through stories in order to find what he seeks. He begins with a nursery rhyme about the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe. He saves her children from being lost with the Pied Piper, figures out Pinocchio’s lies, and climbs a beanstalk. He adventures on, and when he finds what he seeks, he gets even more than he had hoped for.
I’d rate this book a two out of five star rating.
Layla, 11, 2143
Book Title: Fairy Realm – The Unicorn
Author: Emily Rodda
Your rave: For many girls Emily Rodda is an author to boy stories but this time The Unicorn is a great tale of fantasy from unicorns to fairies.
Annie, 9, 2117
Book Title: Nanny Piggins
Author: R.A. Spratt
Your rave: A Pig who is a hired nanny to Mr Green and looks after his three human children. Before Nanny Piggins became a nanny she was a flying pig at the circus. Boris the Dancing Bear – Nanny Piggins adopted brother who came to live with them, when he had been kicked out of the circus, where do you hide a 10 foot bear in a house? In the attic – not if he’s scared of spiders……. Three children who are scared of their father, and now have a pig for a nanny who lets them eat chocolate for breakfast and tea. This book is for girls 8, nearly 9. I rated this book a 5 out of 5, it was very funny, lots of laughs, 12 different adventures, like “Nanny Piggins and the Sherbert Lemon that Saved the Day.
Jacinta, 8, 4874
Book Title: The Declaration
Author: Gemma Malley
Your rave: The Declaration is book for teenage girls. It is set in 2120. The story is about a girl called Anna who meets a boy called Peter who helps her to escape from Grange Hall Prison to go to meet her parents. The story is great read which is full of many dark secrets of the characters past.
You should READ IT!
Nadia, 11, 2060
Book Title: Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Your rave: WOW!!!!
I recently read the thrilling series called the Hunger Games. This 3 book trilogy made two of my friends (who don’t read) get into reading. I’ll try not to give to much away but…
The Hunger Games is about 12-then 13- districts and a capital who has total power over the country of Panem. Because some years ago all the 13 districts raged up against the Capital and failed to succeed, the capital forced two tributes every year to fight to the death in the “HUNGER GAMES”. This series is not for the faint hearted and I would recommend it to anyone. I thoroughly enjoyed this series, reading one book in three days, not being able to put them down.
Savy, 12, 2481
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: Cabin Fever is a hilarious and interesting book. The story is about a kid called Greg who is stuck at home with his family due to a blizzard.
I believe Cabin Fever is the best book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Nadia, 11, 2060
Book Title: The Girl Who Blew Up Her Brother and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls
Author: Christopher Milne
Your rave: What a book to read. It’s REALLY funny and REALLY crazy. The book is so out there it can touch anybody in the reading world. There is more than one story. There are seven stories and each story is very very different. The age group will suit young readers from Grade 1 when you’re a smart reader to Grade 7 when you need to lighten up on doing your homework. Why not pick up this book. It has a few pictures but not too many . I always remember telling my friends and parents.
Bryce, 9, 4740
Book Title: Secrets of a Lab Rat
Author: Trudi Trueit
Your rave: About a boy who is really naughty and finds out there’s a dinosaur in a lake.
Wilson, 7, 3216
Book Title: Boy vs Beast: Battle of the Mutants
Author: Mac Park
Your rave: Kai Masters is a Guard who defends the earth from the mutants who live in 4 different lands, fire, rock,water and air. The mutants try to cross the boarders of each land which gives them more power.
Dyson, 8, 4874
Book Title: Tomorrow When the War Began
Author: John Marsden
Your rave: THIS IS A GREAT BOOK!!! It is about seven poeple that go camping and then KABOOM – it is war! It is a really good book but I recommened that people with weak stomachs don’t read this as it is war. It is written like a diary, and the main character is Ellie, a teenager. It is a book for teens and it is a little rude at some points but yeah it is about love… Also I just had to keep reading them! If you get to read them then you will probably know what I mean.
Pia, 11, 3250
Book Title: Trickiest Stories
Author: Paul Jennings
Your rave: This is a great book that has loads of short stories in it. In some of them weird things happen to the characters. I love reading all these great short stories!
Max, 11, 7215
Book Title: Best Christmas Ever
Author: Rowan McAuley
Your rave: Great book, just in time for christmas. Great read. Rate it 100/10. I would recommend it. Have fun reading it!!!
Jodie, 12, 3950
Book Title: Penny the pony fairy
Author: Daisy Meadows
Your rave: Penny has lost her pony. Rachel and Kristy have helped the fairies many times, but will they be able to help Penny find her lost pony? The fairies will have to watch out for mean Jack Frost and his goblin servants who are also trying to find the pony.
Charisse, 9, 4715
Book Title: Cows in Action: First Cows on the Moon
Author: Steve Cole
Your rave: The C.I.A (cows in action) team are on a mission to save the world from the evil terminators who are trying to take over the world by going back in time and stealing all the history. There is a big battle between the terminators and the C.I.A as they fight for justice.
Jared, 9, 4715
Book Title: Ride and Seek
Author: Melinda Melton Crow
Your rave: I like this book because it is about some cars playing hide and seek. My favourite part is when monster truck can’t find tow truck.
Timothy, 7, 4715
Book Title: Extinction
Author: Lizzie Wilcock
Your rave: A thrilling book about 8 kids traveling back in time to save the world from extinction with their natural powers.
Zander, 12, 4551
Book Title: Hey, what’s that nasty whiff?
Author: Julia Jarmen
Your rave: Hyena cleaned up after others and they didn’t notice. So she hid. Someone was above her it was an eagle.The eagle was a cleaner too and they visited to go on a vacation.Well they were gone they got a big mess.One of the animals went to find them.When Helpful Hyena came back they all agreed to clean up together.
Emily, 9, 5291
Book Title: Rover
Author: Jackie French
Your rave: This is a story about a girl and her dog and they get stolen by vikings that kill her mother. They take her to Greenland and make her their slave. Then they take her to another new land where she becomes the adopted daughter of the viking lady who made her a slave. Then she gets married to a viking singer and they go to his home in Norway. Then they live happily ever after with their dog singing together for kings. I liked this story because she got released from being a slave and she got a husband.
Jemeira, 8, 4555
Book Title: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Author: J.K. Rowling
Your rave: This is the best book ever!! It is about Harry and he is trying to solve a problem when something is petrifying children. They have to go and stay in the hospital wing and when it happens to be Hermoine, Harry’s best friend, he and Ron get suspicious!! Well I can’t tell you anymore you will have to read it!!!
Bridget, 10, 4610
Book Title: Darius Bell & The Crystal Bees
Author: Odo Hirsch
Your rave: I love this book! It is a tale of a brave young man who does everything to save a family in deep trouble and the whole town!
Daniel, 12, 2220
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: The book was awesome, funny and stupid at the same time.
Buzz, 9, 3122
Book Title: White War
Author: Charlie Carter
Your rave: A boy spies on the past and he collects data so he can figure out what nobody knows about what happened.
Edwin, 11, 3151
Book Title: The Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Your rave: This is a great book for 9+ years.It’s a very interesting book that I couldn’t put down. Mary lennox starts off bossy and then turns really nice. I definately recommend this.
Georgia, 9, 2478
Book Title: Harry Potter series
Author: J.K. Rowling
Your rave: Harry Potter series is about a boy who lived with his only relative the Dursleys after his parents death. He found out that he was a wizard on his 11th birthday. He goes to Hogwarts school of Witchcarft and Wizardry. He meets Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. He also meets Draco Malfoy and they became enemies during their Hogwarts time. Harry Potter series is a great book series to read, you just want to keep on reading. It’s a good book series. Thanks Jo for making Harry Potter!
Jenny, 11, 3178
Book Title: The Adventures of Nanny Piggins
Author: R.A. Splatt
Your rave: This hilarious action-packed series stars Nanny Piggins,the worlds’s most glamorous flying pig! You are guaranteed heaps of fun, laughs and chocolate! For All ages.
Tahlia, 12, 3131
Book Title: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Your rave: Join the main character Jim Hawkins as he becomes on of the crew members of the Hispaniola. These 19 men come in search treasure on Treasure Island. The crew bumps into pirates and other obstacles on their way and in this – many gruesome deaths take place. This placed in the past where seafaring men thrived. Will Jim get the treasure? Read and find out! A good classic book to read!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Vampire Academy
Author: Richelle Mead
Your rave: Rose and Dimitri’s love is pure and hidden. Rose and Lisa’s bond is different from anything they have heard of and there is danger for them.
I love vampire academy. It was my mum who told me to read the series and I did.
Stephanie, 12, 2466
Book Title: Nanny Piggins
Author: R.A. Splatt
Your rave: A thrilling and delicious novel about flying pigs and chocolate that you couldn’t easily put down.
Emma, 11, 2121
Book Title: The brilliant world of Tom Gates
Author: L. Pichon
Your rave: I find this a similar book to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It is packed full of humour and cartoons. It is close to what a kid could put up with in real life.
I recommend this book to people from ages 7-13, especially if you like a good laugh.
Riley, 13, 3305
Book Title: I want my hat back
Author: Jon Klassen
Your rave: This has been our most favourite picture book this term from Year 2 – Year 5!
Sue, 5, 4019
Book Title: Witch Hunter Chronicles 1: The Scourge of Jericho
Author: Stuart Daly
Your rave: Pure awesomeness. Witches, Hunters and a whole lot of edge-of-your-seat adventure and excitement. It has unpredicted twists and turns resulting in a extreme climax at the end, leaving you wanting more! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Isabelle, 15, 3216
Book Title: Prisoner of the Daleks
Author: Trevor Baxendale
Your rave: A book for Dr Who fans. This book contains the Doctor’s worst enemy – the Daleks (an alien creature controlling a metal case that surrounds it)….Once again the doctor will save the day!
Julia, 11, 4655
Book Title: Meg’s car
Author: Helen Nicoll
Your rave: Meg, Mog and Owl wanted a car. They all wanted to go to the park, Meg made a spell on Mog and then started the car engine, Mog and Owl went past in the car into the tree.
Alicia, 7, 5159
Book Title: Zippy Zebra finds a friend
Author: Tracey Reeder
Your rave: It’s very, very good. I liked the lion in the book. I liked the cheetah in the book. I read it to my mum well.
Jack, 5, 4814
Book Title: Phantom Stallion – the Wild One
Author: Terry Farley
Your Rave: This book is about a girl named Samantha Forster. Her and her friend Jake tame a mustung colt named Blackie. Sam pleads jake to let her go for a ride. When out riding Blackie gets frightened and runs away. Sam falls off and is kicked in the head. She is then sent to live with her aunt in the city. Two years later Sam returns to her father’s ranch.While the Blackie ruturns to her. He is now fully grown and is know as the Phantom. He is chased by a man who owns the neighbouring ranch. Sam then helps him by set free once he gets caught. To me this is a great story.
Annabelle, 11, 2482
Book Title: The pony whisper 1
Author: Janet Rising
Your rave: This book is amazing because it’s about a girl called Pia who had to move to a diferent school and pony club. When she went riding on her horse called Drummer, she found a statue of a horse. She could hear horses. Then all went wrong when she was anounced the pony whisper on a tv show. If you want to know how it ends you better get a copy of it. I thought it was an special book!
Alana, 11, 4818
Book Title: Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
Your rave: An amazing tale of a boy’s love for his dragon. An entertaining adventure.
Bailey, 10, 3106
Book Title: Diary of a wimpy kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: A hilarious tale of friends, in a trip thourgh Greg Heffley’s life.
Jazmine, 10, 3001
Book Title: Maze Runner
Author: James Dashner
Your rave: If you like thrill, action, excitement and adventure then this is the book for you 10+! When Tommas arrives at a prison like building all is fine but they are all boys. All of the boys live outside a maze that might be their only way to freedom. But they aren’t alone. A man eating and man made machine is waiting for them. Waiting and waiting! They MUST escape from the Maze. It is the only way out and their lives depend on it. Then when a girl arrives everything goes TOTALLY Wrong!!
1st of the trilogy! Maze Runner Scorch Trials and Death Cure!! My Favorite BOOK EVER
Ella, 11, 3145
Book Title: I love you, blue kangaroo!
Author: Emma Chichester Clark
Your rave: This is a great book for preschooler. Not only the interesting story, it does contains education points as well.
Lisa, 4, 2067
Book Title: The Girl Who Could Fly
Author: Victoria Forester
Your rave: Piper’s life is hard. She has the amazing ability to fly yet her parents try to keep her feet grounded. At one fatal baseball game, Piper’s life is turned around and she is flown out of the country, over forests and lakes to a secret facility where she is told she would be normal. Her life seems to have gotten a whole lot better until Super-Genius Conrad ruins the image and suddenly her life has become one huge fight for freedom.
Nikki, 12, 2485
Book Title: Passion
Author: Lauren Kate
Your rave: Luce and Daniel are cursed with undying love. Literally.Daniel, being the immortal fallen angel, has to live through thousands of repeated deaths of his soul mate, Luce.
Luce attempts to free them both of the curse has travelled through an announcer after a battle.The now allied Cam, Daniel, Arriane against the Outcasts. Prepare to be filled with passion while Luce delves deeper and deeper into her past and sees at last how their curse became. Just after Luce and Daniel reunite, Luce is misled by a mischevious gargoyle. Will Luce and Daniel win their battle against Heaven and hell and finally begin their lives together? Find out in the magnificent book, Passion.
Nikki, 12, 2485
Book Title: Show Off
Author: Sarah Hines and Bethany Mann
Your rave: This book shows you how to complete different tasks one step at a time. Lots of pictures, great ideas such as sculpt fruit art, juggle like a pro, squeeze an egg into a bottle and do a rock star jump. I am not much of a reader so this book really interested me as it had lots of cool things to try but without lots of writing.
Lachlan, 9, 7310
Book Title: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
Author: William Flanagan
Your rave: It is a good graphic novel. I like how the characters are drawn and sometimes the pictures can suck you into the story and it’s like I’ve been in a new world. At the end it’s like I want to read more and to never end!
Julie, 9, 3021
Book Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
Your rave: Jeff Kinney is a great author AND illustrator. He uses great punctuation and uses great writing skills. He makes the books sound interesting and makes you want to read them over and over again. His illustrations are amazing with the concepts of shading, sketching, cross patching and much much more. He has written around six Diary of a Wimpy Kid books including his new released book Cabin Fever. Cabin Fever was just released last month and I have heard good things about it. Apparently it is a good book and at the Strathpine library it has quite a few reserves. If you read it I hope you enjoy it.
Natalie Bennett, 11, 4500
Book Title: Asterix and the Chieftain Shield
Author: Rene Goscinny
Your rave: The hero Vercingetorix was defeated. He threw his arms at Julius Caesar feet. Years later Julius Caesar wanted to be carried on that shield. The shield was lost and it was a race to find it. Will Julius Caesar get his hands on it or will Asterix stop this?
Ganeshan, 11, 2140
Book Title: Chess Nuts
Author: Julia Lawrinson
Your rave: Jackson is sporty and popular, he is not the type to join the chess squad. The game is about to change.This book has an interesting beginning and a well concluded ending. I recommend this book to primary aged students. Your are in for a real surprise!
Kelly, 9, 3041
Book Title: Year of the Tiger
Author: Alison Lloyd
Your rave: “Year of the Tiger” is like a book that you have never read before. It is full of description and sad times. But the whole adventure and history of the book is so interesting that you will never want to put the book down. I loved it so much!!!
Simone, 12, 3190
Book Title: Queste
Author: Angie Sage
Your rave: Join Septimus, Jenna and Beetle as they encounter the Wendron Witches and trek across the frozen forests of the Eastern snow plains. Prepare to be enticed into a world of magic and enchantment as the three friends face the dangers of the Place Where All Times Do Meet, and be rapt when families and friends are reunited in the glorious book, Queste, by Angie Sage.
Nikki, 12, 2485
Book Title: Zac Power: Extreme Mission – Dark Tower
Author: H I Larry
Your rave: This book is about Zac (a spy from GIB group)’s mission to shut down androids to get the second piece of the evil IRIS. I like to read this book, because Zac is completing one of the dangerous missions.
Hanoof, 6, 2144
Book Title: Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes
Author: Mem Fox
Your rave: Enjoy counting fingers and toes.
Kiahna, 4 months, 5290
Book Title: Safe Haven
Author: Nicholas Sparkes
Your rave: I absolutely loved this book. It’s about trying to escape from your past and move on, but your past just keeps on biting you in the bud. In parts it had me holding my breath in anticipation and others my blood boiling with anger. This is the most exciting and epic love story I have ever read. With Sparks’ fabulous writing technique and plot points, the book will have you firmly in its grasp till the very end!
Anna, 16, 4405
Book Title: Moomin and the Birthday Button
Author: Tove Jannson
Your rave: I love the pictures and the colours and the characters Moomintroll and Snufkin. Moomin thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday but there is a surprise in store. I often ask Mummy and Daddy to read me this book and to borrow it out again from the library. (My mummy helped me write this.)
Erin, 2, 3056
Book Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
Your rave: My daughter likes the bright pictures in this book and the butterfly at the end.
Kiahna, 4 months, 5290
Book Title: That’s Why I Wrote This Song
Author: Susanne Gervey
Your rave: Happy, distraught, upset, excited, scared and ready. Four teenage girls with one dream.
This enticing book follows the lives of four girls together in their newly formed band, ‘Not Perfect’.
Though some chapters are confronting, it is an ideal book for teenagers with relatable topics such as dating, music, family problems and divorce and the forever lasting bonds of friendship.
Grace, 14, 4380
Book Title: Saving Finnegan
Author: Sally Grindley
Your rave: This is the best book ever. I love how she explains how that little girl thrives to have Finnegan’s skeleton, but it is sad as the main topic seems to be death.
Savannah, 9, 5330
Book Title: Sophie and the Shadow Woods
Author: L. Chapman & L. Weatherly
Your rave: This is a good book because it has a cool character called Sophie, a nine year old girl who turns ten. She is the Guardian of the key and the gems. Exciting things happen to Sophie. She battles goblins, boggles and trolls. There are interesting places like the Shadow Realm. In this first book of the series Sophie begins her adventure as a Guardian and wins the first gem.
Cassie, 7, 4470
Book Title: Beast Quest
Author: Adam Blade
Your rave: It’s a bit scary but I don’t know how good guys turn into bad and how when someone died they come back alive.
Alex, 8, 2112
Book Title: Thunder Point
Author: Ken Follett
Your Rave: This is a nice pacey read. I don’t think it’s as good as Eye of the Needle but it was OK.
Anna, 16, 4405
Book Title: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew
Author: Carolyn Keene
Your rave: This is about three best friends. Their names are Bess, George and of course Nancy. Mr Drew is a Lawyer and he took Nancy and her 3 friends to Hollywood because he knew the director of a new movie called Aliens Next Door.
The main actor in the movie is a cat. It is a really famous cat called Fluffington. One day Fluffington disappeared and nobody could find him. Then they did and they found she had 6 kittens.
Emily, 12, 4815
Book Title: Time for Bed
Author: Mem Fox
Your rave: We read this together at night before bed and love the rhyme and kiss I get from mum.
Kiahna, 4 months, 5290
Book Title: The 13-Storey Treehouse
Author: Andy Griffiths
Your rave: This book is really fantastic! It combines humour and stories that make you wonder what is going to happen next. The pictures are so funny – I especially liked the part where Terry hit Andy over the head with a giant banana and it knocked him out and the next couple of pages were black. Because Andy Griffiths wants to make you feel like you are Andy in the book! I recommend this book to Andy Griffiths readers or just anyone who wants a great read.
Grace, 10, 4610
Book Title: Rusty and the Rainbow
Author: Karen Cox
Your rave: This story is about my favourite Australian animal the numbat, chasing a pot of gold. The pictures are photos and Rusty is cute and funny.
Caitlin, 9, 4075
Book Title: Can you get an F in lunch?
Author: Nancy Krulik
Your rave: Jenny McAffee goes to Camp Kendale over vacation,but when Middle School starts,Jenny’s BFF (best friend forever),Addie dumps Jenny for her new friends,including stuck-up Dana Harrison.Addie doesn’t want to hang out with Jenny,or shop for stationery together.Jenny has to eat her lunch in the telephone box for the week,until a girl named Chloe invites her to sit with her friends. Is it the end of Jenny’s friendship with Addie?
Orlaine, 12, 3802
Book Title: Adults Only
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Your rave: Only one kid on this island, only one. His name is Jake and his best friend is a teddy bear called Crusher. Jake’s parents own an ‘adults only’ business and when these magazine people come Jake is stuck in his room. Read Adults Only to find out if he’ll survive.
Netta, 9, 3037
