Title: Circus of Thieves and the Raffle of Doom Author: William Sutcliffe This book is about a girl called Hannah who goes out and notices that something is up! She goes to investigate with a dog and finds that Shanks Impossible Circus has come to town. She makes friends with a circus boy called Billy and they have to stop Shank, Billy’s stepfather, from causing chaos in the town. Billy’s mum had died and his dad got the sack, so Shank was his only family. The circus is full of thieves and they run a raffle were they collect the addresses of the people who are coming to the circus to steal from them. Will Billy and Hannah stop Shank and his Circus of thieves??? You’ll have to read it to find out! I liked the book because I always wanted to read on and it had lots of footnotes that I wanted to read. The footnotes had extra information about the story and they explained the words used in the book. I recommend this book to 8+ readers who like adventure books which are informative and entertaining. I give this adventurous book 10/10.

Title: A Pig called Heather Author: Harry Oulton This book is about an unusual friendship between a pig called Heather and a girl called Isla. The story starts in Scotland, on a farm with an unlucky farmer, his daughter and some talking animals. We soon find out about the good, caring friendship between Isla and Heather. Although, the animals can talk, they don’t talk to humans so Isla and Heather communicate with snout scrunching. One day a mysterious man appears called Mr Busby who wants to buy the farm and in the end he does because a fire burns some of it down. The friends are split up as Isla goes to London while Heather stays on the farm. Heather soon becomes famous and goes to London, hoping to find Isla and on her way she escapes and causes havoc! Will they be reunited or will Mr Hornsbuckle (the pest controller) and Thomas, his villainous dog capture Heather?? YOU’LL HAVE TO FIND OUT BY READING THE REST! I enjoyed this book because it is funny and sad but above all I couldn’t put it down because I wanted to know what happens next! I give it 100/100 and I can’t…

Title: Wresting Trolls – Book 1 Author: Jim Eldridge These stories are about a boy called Jack. He likes wrestling and knows all about it too. He loves Wresting Trolls and his wish comes true the day he is enrolled to be an assistant trainer for WWT (Waldos Wrestling Trolls). In part 2, while he is Big Rocks partner, he finds out that he is half troll, half human! Also in part 2 he ends up trying to save a princess from General Pepper (her parsimonious uncle). The princess was a very, very good wrestler but her uncle made himself the leader, put her in the dungeon and banned wrestling! I liked the book but the puzzles made it more superb! I recommend this to 8+ wrestling fans because there is a lot of information about wrestling in the book. I give it 10/10 even though I don’t like wrestling because I liked the story!

Title: Running Wild Author: Michael Morpurgo This story is about friendship and is very emotional. A boy called Will has lost his dad and is moving to Devon to live with his mum and his grandparents who live on a farm with a lot of animals. Then for Christmas Mum and Will want a break so they go on holiday to Indonesia (where Mum comes from). During the holiday, Will goes on an elephant ride. All of a sudden a tsunami hits the beach where Mum is swimming and the elephant runs off into the jungle with Will on her back. Now Will knows that his mum is dead. The elephant is called Oona and she becomes Will’s best friend. On their travels through the jungle, they find some orang-utans, they get in trouble with Mr Anthony (a baddie) and they meet a nice lady called Dr Geraldine. The story ends with Will making the biggest choice of his life! I thought this book was very sad and I recommend it to 9+. Make sure you have a box of tissues ready! I give it 10/10 although it is a real heartbreaker!

Title: Cool! Author: Michael Morpurgo This book is about a boy who gets hit by a car and is in a coma at Wonford Hospital. His mum and dad have split up and he thinks his dog has died, but has he???? They even try to get Zola (his favourite football player) to try and wake him up. I enjoyed this book because it kept me guessing and it had an ending that I wasn’t expecting. I also liked that the story was told by the boy who was in a coma. I recommend this book to 9+ because the language is a bit complicated sometimes but is cleverly done. I give it 10/10 as it is COOL!

Title: Review of The Dancing Bear Author: Michael Morpurgo This is a sad story about a girl who finds a bear and they are happy and safe until a film crew arrive and want the bear to dance for a film. The film was the story of the Pied Piper and everyone in the town wanted to be in it. I am not going to say anything else about it because I want you to read it and find out! This is a short and very sad book so prepare to cry! I recommend this book to age 8+ and to fans of Michael Morpurgo. I give it 1000/1000        

Title: Oliver and the Seawigs Author: Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre One day there lived a boy called Oliver and his parents were explorers who met on the top of Mount Everest. They had stopped exploring and were going home when they spotted some islands and his parents decided to explore them. When Oliver was unpacking his suitcase, he saw the inflatable dinghy bobbing on the water that they used to get there but Oliver was not scared. He went to the beach and before he left he stuck a sign on the door to say he would be going but would be back soon. This is how the adventure began!!! My favourite characters are the sea monkeys as they are very cute and I love drawing them! I like this book because it is exciting and full of adventure. The illustrations are also very good. I recommend this book to young adventurers aged 8+. I give it 100 stars!    

Title: Little Manfred Author: Michael Morpurgo One day in 1966, after England versus Germany in the football world cup final, a boy and girl went to the beach to play ball with their dog.  When they were there they met a German man called Walter and another called Marty who told the children all about the war and the wooden dog they gave to Grace (the children’s mother) when they left to return to Germany. The children find out that Little Manfred, the wooden dog, was made by Walter and Manfred.   Manfred was like a dad to Grace as he used to read and tell stories to her.  In the war Manfred died from a mine explosion and this is why the toy was named Little Manfred. I recommend this book to children 7+ along with other books by the author who writes really good books!! I give this book 10 out of 10 stars.   

Title: Fangs Vampire Spy – Operation: Golden Bum Author: Tommy Donbavand Genre: Children's stories Release Date: 2013 Pages: 140 The story is about a Vampire Spy who has to find out who is responsible for some robberies. They travel over 5 countries with the help of their colleagues and gadgets. Do you think he survives? Well you will find out in the book!!! I liked this book and my favourite character was Hip Hop (one of the baddies’ Henchmen). I recommend this book to 7+. I give it 5 stars.

Title: The Fabulous Four Fish Fingers Author: Jason Beresford The book is about 4 children who go on an adventure to save Tumchester from Jumper Jack Flash (a pirate rabbit) and The Panteater (an anteater that would eat your pants if he could!). It all started when 2 boys (Morris and Gary) were pretending to fight Zombies (stinging nettles) using sticks. Gary got stung! Then two girls came along called Ruby and Bel and one of them had a parrot called Marvin. Marvin could only say Marvin’s Starvin. After a while they went home and on the way home they saw a house. Inside the house they found a record player with a teddy bear in it and when they took the teddy bear out, an elf appeared. That is when they become superheroes and the adventure begins! My favourite character is Marvin because he is funny. I recommend this book to children age 7+ especially if you like adventure or funny books. I give it 100,000,000 stars.