Hunger by Michael Grant
Reviewed by Edward KS3
One
normal day at Perdido Beach, everyone over the age of fifteen disappears. Very soon the others run low on food. However, horror haunts all the vegetable
patches – worms mutated by radioactivity are now man-eaters. Will everyone survive…?
Choose
this book if you want a book that catches your eye; one that you can’t stop
reading. Read this if you liked Harry
Potter, Percy Jackson or The Kane Chronicles and if you like magic and fantasy.
I
would give this book 5 stars.
Golden Goal by Dan Freeman
Reviewed by Harry B KS3
The
author of this brilliant book has written various other books, such as Too Easy and Shoot & Score. If you
liked these, then you will certainly like this one! He is an adventurous, fun-packed writer.
You
should read this book because you will laugh, smile and cry: it will blow your
socks off.
Brigands M.C. (Cherub Series) by Robert Muchamore
Reviewed by Finn KS3
The
three main characters are Dante, whose family was murdered by a motor cycle
club, and his friends James and Lauren.
They are sent on a mission by Cherub to avenge the death of Dante’s
family. I would make this book into a
film and wouldn’t change a thing. It’s a
great read and has some action, some romance and lots of gripping, thrilling
events. This book is the eleventh in the
series and I would give it a rating of 5 stars.
Survival by Chris Ryan
Reviewed by Kian KS3
The
story is about five brave but adventurous teens, who are aboard a sailing
ship. Unexpectedly the group gets
marooned on a desert island where they have to survive. They are challenged by deadly sharks, killer
komodo dragons and even modern day pirates.
The book also contains Chris Ryan’s top S.A.S survival tips in a
tropical area.
I
choose this book because it has an intriguing blurb and also because I wanted
to read a fairly large book. At the
beginning I didn’t really enjoy it but I eventually began to really enjoy it.
I
would give this book 4 out of 5 because it is full of action and is so good
that I have read it more than once!
The Night Bus (Horowitz Horror
Series) by Anthony Horowitz
Reviewed by Harry E KS3
The
Night Bus is another massive achievement by Horowitz. The book has three stories and none are for
the squeamish or faint-hearted.
The
first story is called the Night Bus,
which is the story of Nick and Jeremy, who were out late partying but ended up
stranded and needed to get home. This
was the beginning of their terrible encounter that started when they got on the
227B bus. The bus looked like a 1950s
version and had some very strange passengers, including a biker man with half a
head and some very well dressed people with green bloody hands and smoke rising
from them. The second story is about a
hitch hiker and a boy called Jacob.
Jacob is on his way back from a wonderful day on the beach when he Dad
stops to pick up a hitch hiker. This
gets him into the journey from hell!
I
would give this book 3 and a half stars out of 5 and would recommend it to 11
year olds and above.
A recent report from the Institute of Education
shows that children who read for pleasure made more progress in maths,
vocabulary and spelling than those who rarely read. In particular, reading for pleasure between
the ages of 10 and 16 was found to be more important for children’s cognitive
development than having a parent with a degree.
We hope you had a great summer - we received some postcards telling us what you were reading and look forward to displaying
these. 
Look out for our library competitions, including
our weekly Word of the Week competition, with loads of great prizes to be won. We have changing
book displays and displays of new books to encourage reading for pleasure. We
are happy to consider buying any books that we do not currently have – just
ask! There are suggestion boxes too for any comments or suggestions you may have.
Reviewed by Edward KS3
Golden Goal by Dan Freeman
Survival by Chris Ryan
The Night Bus (Horowitz Horror
Series) by Anthony Horowitz