Title: Hamish and the Neverpeople Author: Danny Wallace The main character, Hamish, lives in Starkley, the fourth most boring place in England. He lives with his mum, not his dad because he’s always working. Hamish and his friends try to stop Axel Scarmarsh and his helpers, The Terribles and Hyponobots , from zapping people. Scarmarsh’s evil plan is to zap and control the King using his special satellites. To stop him, Hamish and hi...
Title: Little Legends: The Spell Thief Author: Tom Percival The story is about Jack and his friends Red, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel. They are best friends. BUT when a new boy, Anasi, arrives in town, things go wrong; terribly wrong! Jack is convinced that Anansi is a troll spy and falls out with his friends while he is trying to convince them. Does he get his friends back? How does Jack prove it? Why is there a mermaid? I like this boo...
Title: Time Travelling with a Hamster Author: Ross Welford Albert Chaudhury is 12 and has received a letter from his dad; his dead dad. He has to break into his old house to get a second letter. This letter tells him how to time travel back to 1984 to prevent his father’s tragic death in a go-kart accident. He has to do all of this whilst trying not to lose his precious hamster Alan Shearer and keeping it a secret from his granddad By...
Title: Colour, Snap App! Author: Claire Faÿ It’s a colouring book but not an ordinary colouring book; it’s an animation colouring book! First you need to colour the pictures in and download the App You need to take a photo of your pictures with the App It’s like magic; it makes your pictures into a film with sound! I think it’s an extremely good idea and it’s easy to use the App but it sometimes gets confused and crops the pi...
Title: Eagle in the Snow Author: Michael Morpurgo Barney is on the 11.50 train to London with his mum. It is 1940 and his house has been bombed. He only has a suitcase and some clothes left. A smart man comes onto the train just before it leaves and they are the only ones in the carriage. After a while, a plane flies down towards the train. Barney thinks it’s a Spitfire but it is a German Messerschmitt 109. They get away from the wind...
Title: School Ship Tobermory Author: Alexander McCall Smith 4 Stars on the starboard! IT’S LIKE A BIRD; IT STARTS OFF SLOWLY THEN SPEEDS UP! FRIENDS AHOY! ALL SET SAIL ON THE TOBERMORY! Ben and Fee are brother and sister and they start a new school, it’s not an ordinary school though; it’s a nautical boarding school! On their first day, they meet new friends but also some enemies. During their nautical adventure, they even ...
Title: The Person Controller Author: David Baddiel Who could know a replacement controller could change your life! It’s videogame-tastic! This book is about a set of fraternal twins called Fred and Ellie who love videogames. One day, Eric, their fat dad sat on Ellie’s controller and it got stuck in his bum. The next day, the twins go to the school computer room with one laptop in it, to search the Internet for a new controller and t...
Title: All About Theatre Author: National Theatre This book is about The National Theatre. It tells you about how they make shows like War Horse, One man, two guvnors, Hamlet, Treasure Island and Emil and the Detectives. I enjoyed this book because it taught me a lot about different aspects of theatre and now I want to go and see some of the shows mentioned in the book. I really recommend the book. The lighting section is my favourite b...
Title: Timmy Failure – Sanitized for your protection no.4 Series: Timmy Failure Author: Stephan Pastis This is the 4th book in an amazing series. The books are about a boy called Timmy Failure who is a detective but he isn’t a very good one! The series is funny and I recommend this book to 7+readers who like funny stories. If you like Tom Gates or Wimpy Kid, the Timmy Failure books are for you! 🙂 In this book, Timmy is trying to ...
Title: The Bolds Author: Julian Clary The Daniel Mail – A fantastically funny new book by Julian Clary. The Alexander Times – A hilarious book – even the book laughs with you! The book is about 2 ordinary hyenas called Spot and Sue, that live with their pack in Africa. One day Amelia and Fred Bold arrive in Africa and change the 2 hyenas’ lives forever by giving the hyenas a new identity and making them the new Mr and Mrs Bold...