October reviews from the St Kilda Club...

Death bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, bk. 6) by Derek Landy - reviewed by Charlie

Skulduggery Pleasant has to stop the death bringer somehow. You will need to read the others in the series first. If he doesn’t stop the death bringer they will open the passage and bad stuff will happen.

Rated:  5 reallys

Clarice Bean : don't look now by Lauren Child - reviewed by Ally

A new kid comes to school and Clarice Bean thinks she's mean and she is playing with all the bullies. But the bullies are bullying her. The new girl invites Clarice Bean to a party but Clarice doesn’t come because she thinks she plays with the mean kids. The new girl, Clem, stops talking to Clarice Bean. In the end they find out they both like ‘Ruby Redford’ - a character in a children’s book series. Clem leaves because her mum’s a famous writer and gets a job in America. Clarice Bean is very sad.

Rated:  4.9 reallys

Nation by Terry Pratchett - reviewed by Oriana

A boy called Mau lives on an island called Nation but he has to go to Boy Island. While he is coming back from Boy Island to Nation there is a humungous wave and he nearly dies. There is a shipwreck, there is also a parrot and a girl and the boy and more! They end up being the only ones alive on the island.

Rated:  3.99 reallys

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone by J. K. Rowling - reviewed by Buddy

It’s about a mean aunty and uncle and a mean son and a boy called Harry Potter. Harry Potter finds out he’s a wizard but they don’t want him to go to wizard school. He gets taken to Hogwarts the school by Hagrid. He has to find the Philosopher's Stone.

Rated:  4.5 reallys

The truth about Verity Sparks by Susan Green - reviewed by Lily

Verity Sparks is a girl in 1878 who works for someone who makes hats and who pretends to be French. She is making a hat that’s full of feathers and it’s got a stuffed bird on the rim. Verity has to take it to Lady Throttle. Her husband Sir Bertram Throttle is allergic to feathers so she has to take the hat back. While she’s at Lady Throttle’s home she is shown the Throttle diamond. Sir Throttle’s grandfather had stolen it from India. Later Verity comes back with other hats. Lady Throttle accuses her of taking the Throttle diamond and there is a member there of the Confidential Enquiry Agency.

Rated:  5 reallys

Don't pat the wombat! by Elizabeth Honey - reviewed by Noah

I've met the author and the book is signed. It’s about a dude who has a really crap teacher and really annoying class mates and they go on camp and he brings lollies when he was not meant to. Camp is like a cowboy training type of camp in the hills of Victoria. It’s a nature place where they look after injured animals. There’s a wombat who thinks it’s a dog. It’s mum was run over by a car. There is another wombat who is much older called ‘Bulldozer’ and he is why they say ‘don’t pat the wombat’ because he is still a wild animal and he is about to be put back into nature.

Rated:  5 reallys