The vile village ; bk 7, A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket - reviewed by Jackson
It’s about 3 children - Violet, Sunny and Klaus Baudelaire. Their parents have died and left
behind an enormous fortune, and their closest relatives keep trying to get it. In
this adventure they are looking for the secret V.F.D. Isadora and Duncan Quagmire
know the secret but they have been captured so the Baudelaire orphans go
looking for it. Violet, Sunny, and Klaus are raised by the entire
village, the Village of Fowl Devotees. They find out the secret.
The newspaper
gets his name wrong and calls him Count Omar. Disguising himself as Detective Dupin he 'discovers' Count Olaf (a fake) who gets murdered. The village has over
90,000 rules – rule-breakers are burnt at the stake. Detective Dupin frames the
orphans for murdering the fake Count Olaf. He says to them “one of you will
make a miraculous escape and you will live with me until I get your fortune”
but they escape.
Rated: 5 reallys
Percy Jackson and the lightning thief ; bk. 1, Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan - reviewed by Lola
About a boy called Percy Jackson. Grover Satyr is his best
friend. Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon and he has dyslexia and ADHD – he goes
to Camp Halfblood. His mum is taken away by the underlord Hades. He becomes
framed by Luke for stealing a lightning bolt. He has to go on a quest to America.
He goes to a casino and gets drugged. At the Lotus Flower they drug you to make
you think you are staying very briefly so when they finally get out it is the
summer solstice.
Rated: 5 reallys
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen - reviewed by Netta
This is about a boy called Roy Everhardt. He moves from the
city called Montana to a new city where he goes to a new school. On the bus one
day he meets a new girl and Dana Matheson throttles him and he punches Dana in
the face. He is suspended for 2 weeks from the school bus. He has broken her nose. He
has to write an apology.
Rated: 3.8 reallys - "Not the best book, doesn’t pull you in enough."
Dear Scarlett by Fleur Hitchcock - reviewed by Rosa
It’s about a girl called Scarlett and her dad was a
criminal, or people thought he was, but he was actually a spy.
Rated: 4.5 reallys
The society of thirteen by Gareth P. Jones - reviewed by Will
This is about Tom and Esther who try to steal from a rich
guy called Lord Ringmore. Lord Ringmore proves the magic show is not real and
then someone gives him a purple book with strange symbols. Then he employs Tom
and Esther and they need to work for him as repayment for stealing from him. At
one point Tom meets a magpie who keeps coming back again and again, who later
magically talks.
Rated: 4.5 reallys - "This book is exciting but then it gets boring, and then it’s
exciting again – this keeps being repeated."
The miserable mill ; bk. 4, A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket - reviewed by Jack
In this episode it is the 4th guardian the
orphans have had, as the guardian always gets killed. In the blurb of every
book there is a funny bit - "The pages of this book, I'm sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons."
Rated: 4.9 reallys – "I’m knocking a point off for extreme sadness and
misfortune."
To be a cat by Matt Haig - reviewed by Olivia
Warning – this is a very confusing book. I really loved it
even though it was very confusing. It’s about a boy who turns into a cat, who
was a cat and who was a person?
Rated: 4.5 reallys
