The Knife of Never Letting Go

The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say.


About anything.

"Need a poo, Todd."
"Shut up, Manchee."
"Poo. Poo, Todd."
"I said shut it."

Todd Hewit is the last boy in Prentisstown, where you can constantly hear everyone's thoughts. There is no privacy, and no secrets, until Todd and his dog Manchee stumble across a patch of silence. The town has been lying to them, and now they have to run away. But how can you run away when everyone can hear your thoughts?

The Blue Eyed Aborigine

Jan Pelgrom is an ordinary Dutch cabin boy on a ship called the Bactavia which is advancing to Java. When the ship sinks, Jan is stranded on an island with the Under Merchant of the ship, Cornilez. Cornilez dreams of power and punishes all traitors, and even turns Jan into his personal servant! This is the first half of this brilliant book but the second half is even more exciting and shocking. Stranded on an island with Wouter (a soldier) and lots of aborigines, Jan is forced to hunt for food to survive. As Wouter leaves camp to find food, Jan becomes friendly with the aboriginal tribes and an unexpectected incident leaves them together forever.
This shocking and gripping story is based on the true tale of the Bactavia and although the life-like and funny characters are not real, the events are.

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo is a perfect insight into what World War I was like. Told by Private Tommo Peaceful in the few hours before his death, this book kept me in floods of tears.
This book tells the story of Tommo's family, village and the love of his life before moving on to shocking and powerful scenes in the battlefields of The Great War. Born as the youngest in a family of three, one of Thomas's earliest memories is watching his dad die. He is later forced to go to school with his courageous and admirable brother Charlie, who is in the group for older children. All alone in the smaller class, Thomas meets Mollie, the love of his and Charlie's life. Thomas's childhood is full of horrid relations, crazy parents, lost jobs and wild adventures with Charlie, Mollie and his other brother, Big Joe. Although their situations were not always happy, the kept on making the most of everything and were a very close and happy family. I found every character easy to love. But when World War I begins and Charlie and Tommo join the army, they have a new set of problems. Tommo and Charlie have to face horrible sergeants, painful injuries and dire battle strategies. All of this builds up into a shocking, unforgettable end.

Camden Town Tales: Stuck On Me

Stuck On Me tells the story of fourteen year old Sky, who is convinced that her nose is deformed and ugly. Her best friends Vix and Rosie don't see the problem - Sky is pretty and she has a boyfriend! But when Sky gets dumped due to her obsession with her nose, it's the final straw. On a quest to find her long lost dad and to get a nose job, Sky's nose takes her and her friends to parts of Camden that she's never seen before...

Invisible Fiends: Doc Mortis

When Kyle gets a virus, strange things begin to happen and he is whisked to hospital. As the virus kicks in, he is warned, "There's someone in the hospital. Someone worse than anything out there. Worse than anyone you've had to deal with so far. You've got to stay away from him." 
When Kyle regains consciousness, he finds himself in a hospital. This is no normal hospital though, it is as far away from a normal hospital as you can think of! Everything is frightening - from Doc Mortis and his deadly doctors' implements to crazy clowns. However, the most frightening of all are the several children that Doc Mortis has altered and put in his hall of fame. While trying to escape and find the cure for the virus, Kyle stumbles across I.C, a boy with an incredible power. Together they can escape. Or can they?

Great Expectations: For Kids!

When Pip stumbles across a convict in the graveyard where his dead parents are buried, he has no idea that his life is about to be changed forever...
When an unknown giver makes Pip rich beyond his wildest dreams, Pip has great expectations for his future life. But does this create more problems than ever before?

My Best Friend and Other Enemies

This new book is one of my favourites and one that other children around my age can relate to. It is an easy read and not too fat, nor too thin. My Best Friend and Other Enemies is based on a girl called Jessica, who has had a best friend called Natalie since year one. They did everything together. They wrote songs, played games and had sleepovers. That was untill new girl Amelia joins, who steals Natalie and bullies Jessica. Will Jessica ever be able to outwit Amelia and Natalie but keep everyone as friends? It isn't too boyish or too girly and is a great book about school. I thoroughly recommend this funny, enjoyable and entertaining book 100% to 9-11 year olds. Enjoy!



Wonder

The reason I started this blog again was to tell the world about this fantastic book!
Wonder is the most WONDERful book I have ever read. It is a funny and moving story which made me laugh and cry. It is by far my favourite book.
August Pullman in just an ordinary American kid. Inside. On the outside, he's a freak. Born with a severe facial problem, August attracts attention of almost everyone who walks by. Children chat about him, parents ponder about him and students are surprised by him. It is August's first year of middle school and his first year of school and he is very nervous. Will he be able to get past the bullies and the humiliation to win some friends and survive the very hectic year?
I know I don't usually do this but...

Freaky facts

Did you know that statistically, you are more likely to be attacked by a shark? Or that phobophobia is the fear of fear?
Well I didn't until I read this awesome book, Freaky Facts.
The title tells you everything. Its a whole book of amazing facts, great for long journeys.
I like to read this book over and over again, as there are so many facts I can't remember them all! Every time, I amaze my friends and family with some cool fact that I have just learnt.
This book is smallish, the picture on here is nearly as big as the actual thing. It is good as it doesn't take up much space.
The illustrations are bright and funny. Most of them have speech bubbles.
I love this book and think anyone aged over 7 will love it too.
I recommend it 100%.

D is for Dahl

Hi and sorry I haven't posted for ages. But during this time I have been reading some truly fabulous books that I can recommend, and you can (hopefully) enjoy.

D is for Dahl is an A-Z of Roald Dahl's life. It is fun and includes lots of interesting things. For example, Roald Dahl was never satisfied with what he had written and he had so much fan mail that he needed help from other people so he could reply to them all!

Poppy Fields Books

The Poppy Fields books are great murder mystery books with 7 books in total.
They are great reads and are extremely gripping.
They feature a girl named Poppy and her best friend Graham who always find themselves in the middle of a murder mystery. But with clever brains that are good at logic, can they find the murderer before it's too late?
These books are thrilling to read and unputdownable.
I recommend it to kids aged 8-10
Happy reading!

The Band of Loren

This is a wonderful book.
The main character in this book is a girl called Hannah. One day,when her uncle comes to stay he gives her two presents. The first one is a beautiful coral necklace and the second one is a dream catcher.
That night, when Hannah goes to sleep, the dream catcher whisks her away to a land called Dreamworld. There Hannah makes good friends and is happy, but because there are danger signs and a mysterious cloud going around Dreamworld, she could be happier. At bedtime every night, Hannah and four of her new friends explore different parts of Dreamworld, trying to save it from the cloud.
This is a really gripping book and I didn't want to put it down.
This is Tess Dali's first book and she is already one of my favourite authors.
This book is medium sized with 274 pages.
I recommend it to girls aged 9-11.
Happy reading!

Doubting Thomas

Hi.
Today I am reviewing Doubting Thomas by Morris Gleitzman.
It is a book about a boy in Australia who has nipples that itch whenever someone lies. He soon finds out that the problem with his nipples could lead to his death.
This is a truly gripping book and I couldn't put it down.
This book is a medium sized book with 178 pages.
It starts off in Australia but ends up in Paris.
My favourite part of the book was when Monsieur Poulet(the husband of someone who Thomas and his friends went to look for) said "Bottom plops! That is the only English swear word I know!" Then one of Thomas's friend offered to write some down for him!
This is an extremly enjoyable book which I recommend to 7-10 year olds.

Dork Diaries Party Time

This book is a bit like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Both are very good, but I probably like Dork Diaries best. I like it because it’s more emotional and the pictures are better. Like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the main characters are girls. It is the diary of a girl called Nikki and she is American.
Dork Diaries has the same font as Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but it has more detailed pictures. I like these pictures better because of that.
The book is about Nikki and her school Halloween party. She gets into a bit of a pickle because she is supposed to be entertaining the younger children, dancing with her friends Chloe and Zoey AND hanging out with her crush, Brandon at the same time.

Oliver Moon Books

This is my brother's 2nd review on my blog. It is about all the Oliver Moon books.

The Oliver Moon books are very good.

My favourite one is Oliver Moon's Fangtastic Sleepover because it has scary things in it, such as vampires.

Horrible History books

Horrible Histories are brilliant books. They teach you a lot and make history fun. One of the best facts that I found out was that James I picked his nose and never washed his hands!

Horrible History books have been turned into a major CBBC TV show and some have even been turned into DS games.

Horrible Histories are brilliantly written by Terry Deary and Martin Browns illustrations make everything really funny.

There are over 50 Horrible History books to collect including Vile Victorians and Savage Stone age. I really like Horrible Histories and recommend the to 7-12 year olds.
I read them all the time.

Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister

This book is about a girl called Philippa and she has two embarrassing parents. They both are entertainers and can both do magic. When the new girl from school comes to Philippa, she is surprised to hear that the new girl (called Daisy) is a fairy. Daisy had been told to give Philippa three wish vouchers, but each wish seems to make things worse.

The first three famous five books

I find the famous five books adventurous and scary at the same time.

I have only read 3 of the books (we don't have no.4) but already I feel

that famous five books are so good that I could spend a whole day reading

them.

I recommend this series to children age 8+ and to children who really like

having adventures.

These books are all medium sized with around 250 pages.

Happy reading!

Horrible Geography Bloomin' Rainforests

I'm afraid to say that this book is quite boring.

Although it tells you a lot about rain forests, I don't find it very interesting.

I think it is the same with all horrible geography books, they are all quite boring but they have brilliant pictures, which is good.

This book is quite small with 125 pages.

I recommend this book to you if you find geography fascinating.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter books are the best. They are full of adventure and danger. Although the books are long, (one is even 766 pages) they make you want to read on and on. My favourite character in the stories is Harry because he has lots of adventures and is very brave. Some of his adventures include going in a flying car and competing in the tri wizard tournament. I also like Hermione because she likes studying but is also up for adventure. My favourite part of Harry Potter is in book 5. This is when Ron and Hermonie become prefects. All of the books are quite fat. I recommend this book to 8-14 year olds.