Thursday, September 25, 2014

September reviews from St Kilda

52 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton - reviewed by Gus & Jack

There’s this caterpillar who eats everything. He ate... a flying fried egg cup, a big bird, 2 speeding steamrollers, 3 angry rhinoceroses, 4 inflatable arm waving tube men, etc.

So, they go on an epic quest to wake up Jill. There have been 13 new storeys added, including a watermelon-smashing level.

Rated:  5 reallys


It's about a boy called Thomas, where the outside world has been savaged by a plague called the 'Flare'. It's like a virus. In 28 days it makes people go insane. Thomas doesn’t know that he has it, he’s forgotten so much and doesn’t know personal details. He looks about 16, he knows his name is Thomas. The first moment he can remember is being in a lift. The lift comes out in a place called the 'Glade', that is in the middle of a maze which is pretty much unsolvable. There are only boys there. The Glade has been around for 7 years. When Thomas comes there are about 60 people. It is like a farm with animals, farmyards, cows, sheep, pigs – they have a town and a prison. 

Around the Glade is the maze. Every night the walls move around. The Glade has doors which allow access to the maze. They open at 8 in the morning and close at 6 at night. There are a group of people called 'runners', they are known as 'the maze runners'. Thomas does something brilliant – he survives a night in the maze. No-one has ever done it before. He has discovered the trick of surviving the night in the Glade and he saves the elder of the Glade. Something happens that sends the whole glade into shock. A girl comes and this changes everything – it’s a bit scary.

Rated:  4.5 reallys


It’s about 2 girls, they are best friends. One is called Agatha, she’s like a witch and one is called Sophie, she’s like a princess and she dreams of a prince. Every 4 years 2 children are kidnapped, 1 good and 1 evil, and taken to who knows where. There is a mix up with Sophie and Agatha – Sophie gets taken to the School for Evil, and Agatha gets taken to the school for good. In the School for Evil there are three girls. Agatha, at the School for Good, can’t believe it, she’s surrounded by all this princess stuff. Another character comes in, it is a prince.

Rated:  5 reallys


It’s about this girl whose mum and dad have split up. The mum gets another husband. She has to live with the step-dad, she doesn’t like him. The mum gets pregnant, she goes into hospital and the baby is born but the mum goes into a coma. The girl gets bullied at school but eventually she makes new friends.

Rated:  5 reallys


Harry Potter is trying to find Voldemort with the help of Hermione and Ron. They have to find all of the Horcruxes which are little bits of Voldemort’s soul. If they can find them all they will kill Voldemort.

Rated:  4.99999999 reallys

 
It’s about this girl called Jemma. She gets her first babysitting job in a house called Rosethorn. The little kid says there is a girl sitting on her chair but Jemma can’t see her. Jemma goes into a coma and goes back in time. Here there is a little sick girl called Georgiana, then it gets mysterious.

Rated:  4.5 reallys


It’s about a girl who moves from Ireland to the U.K. They have a little apartment, they’re quite poor. She goes to get food from the market and sees a crimson thread but she can’t buy it. A guy sees that and buys it for her. Later she gets a job sewing, making waistcoats but doesn’t get much for them. She has to look after her little sister – her dad gets a new job as a carriage driver and she gets a new job and makes dresses for her sisters. She meets a guy called James, they’re going to get married.

Rated:  4.5 reallys

 
Horrid Henry is a really horrid guy, his parents are mean. He only gets 50 pence pocket money. He has a brother called Perfect Peter. To me he is just a bit too perfect. Horrid Henry sets up a shop and tries to sell things. The way Henry tricks Peter into doing it is he will get 10 pence for being sold as a slave, 3 pounds and 12 pence would buy him a lot of chocolate. Henry uses all things belonging to his parents for his shop, for instance his mum's perfume and his dad's tennis racquet. Henry gets told off for selling Peter by his mum. He has to go and buy him back. Moody Margaret, the girl who bought Peter, has to be bargained down.

Rated:  4 reallys


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