June Reviews from St Kilda

Carnivorous carnival: a series of unfortunate events, book 9 by Lemony Snicket, Review by Jaxon.

It's about three siblings called Klaus, Sunny and Violet Baudelaire. They end up sneaking into the back of Count Olaf's car. He's trying to steal their fortune. So far they've gone through about seven guardians by this book. They put themselves in disguises and join a carnival show. Sunny is too little for the outfits so she dresses up as a wolf baby, because she has very sharp teeth. Violet and Klaus dress as conjoined twins. They get to know the carnival folk including a strongman and a contortionist. Then Count Olaf shows up with some very hungry lions...

 Rated: 5/5 The whole series is amazing

Drama by Raina Telgemeir, Review by Aarev

There's this girl in seventh grade. There's a school play on and she wants to sing in it, but her voice is sooo bad. She gets to be a set designer instead. The budget is really small because they over spent the year before. She plans to make working cannons, but all they can afford are confetti ones. She used to have two friends but she breaks up with them at the start.

It was kinda good because I'm not into action-packed super hero graphic novels. It's more for a person who likes drama!

Rated: 4/5 It's really good but not my taste.


Laugh your head off: Rodent pie and toenail tea by Sam Bring, Review by Sonia

This is a story in the collection. It's about a girl called Emma who sees an empty cafe, filled with dusty tables as she walks home from school. She sees a 'Staff Wanted' sign on the door and she keeps on going there to ask for a job but nobody is there. Finally one day a guy walks up to her and asks her if she wants the job.He hires her, saying she has to do all the cleaning. The place is riddled with rats. When she cleans it up, the people start coming.

Rated: 5/5 Reallys It talks about how to get a new job and stuff. It helps me to understand how that works.


The Stone Keeper: Amulet, Book 1 by Kazu Kibuishi, review by Aryana

It's about these three people, Nathan and Emil. Their mum and dad died recently, so they move to their grandfather's house. It's a been a bit of a wreck since he died. They go to their grandfather's room and there is an open book with a picture of a hand print on it and it appears to be glowing. She puts her hand on it and it reveals a necklace. Nathan thinks that's all it is but later that night they wake up to a tentacled creature...

Rated 5/5 Reallys "I just really liked it it's a graphic novel"

Hans in Luck: Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jakob Grimm, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

It's about this guy called Hans who travels to work in the city and he doesn't know if the city people will be friendly. He trades for a horse, but it rears and he falls to the ground. When he wakes up there is a farmer with a pig and so he trades the horse for it, but it runs off, then there is a cow...

Rated: 3/5 Reallys "This story is a bit repetitive. I like the whole book overall though, my favourite so far is twelve dancing princesses"


Gangster Granny by David Walliams, Review by Cailey

It's about a boy called Ben. His parents are obsessed with Strictly Come Dancing and so he has to go to his grandma's house on Fridays. She plays Scrabble and he gets really bored. She also cooks him cabbage soup, but he pours it in the plants. He sneaks out the cookie jar and finds that it's full of gems and jewels. He gets suspicious and so he spies on her from the bushes. He sees her dressed up like a ninja...

Rated: 5/5 Reallys "It keeps you going and is really silly"

Kids who dare to be different by Ben Brooks, Review by Lauren

This book is about kids who dare to change the world but no one knows about them. The first story is about a girl who lives in a place that floods all the time, so she starts a mangrove planting program. Then there is a boy who didn't like the idea of ice skating but his mother made him try, and the minute he began he fell in love with it. Now he is training for the Olympics. He gets injured, but he doesn't give up.

Rated: 5/5  Reallys

Pax by Sara Pennypacker, Review by Alicia

There's this boy. He explains that when he was little he found baby foxes in a shed and only one  was alive. He rescues it and it live with him. When his family moves his dad tells him he has to leave Pax in the forest. He sneaks into find him but then he breaks his ankle.

Rated: 5/5 Reallys




Agatha Parrot and the mushroom boy by Kjartan Poskitt, Review by Jasmine 

Agatha has to look after 13 purple chickens and then one goes missing and they are all like 'oh my god!'

Rated: 5/5 Reallys "Really fun" 





Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Review by Lachlan

It's about this girl Stephanie, her uncle dies and she's taken to this house where she stays over night and there's this guy who wants the key. Skulduggery is a skeleton detective who wants to find out who killed him. There's a sorcerer and Stephanie opens the chest and finds a scepter. They want to bring back the faceless ones but the scepter gets destroyed.

Rated: 4/5 Reallys "The start is a bit boring but it gets better"

Nicholas again by Goscinny Rene, Review by Nick

Nick is a class clown and this guy Max tries to take his stuff. Then they have a fight. It's a draw and so they go fishing together.

Rated: 5/5 Reallys "I really connected to all of it"