Albert Park reviews for November

Dangerous by Shannon Hale - reviewed by Tiana

I read the prologue and the first page and it seemed really interesting. None of the other books I looked at appealed to me. It sounds a lot like Hunger Games - but then again ... not really because it's set in an astronaut school.

Rated:  4½ - "From what I've read I'm already giving it 4½!"

The end : bk. 13, A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket - reviewed by Alex

The three Baudelaire orphans are stuck with Count Olaff on a boat, but when a storm hits they are washed up on a coastal shelf. Everything washes up there that has ever been in the sea. A girl named Friday finds them and when the orphans tell her about Count Olaff and how bad he is (and that he has even tried to murder them) she takes them back to her island. Ishamael is the leader of the island and tells everyone what to do. Story is basically about their time on the island.

The book has an interesting way of describing everything that happens to the Baudelaire orphans - it uses the third person who tells the story. I enjoyed it.

Rated:  4½ - "Some bits are boring ... a bit up and down - but overall it was interesting and I couldn't put the book down."

The 52 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths - reviewed by Zoe

Andy and Terry live in a treehouse, in every book so far they add another 13 levels, so now they live in a 52 storey treehouse. They have added a rocket-powered carrot launcher, chainsaw and a wave-machine with rocks. Mr Big Nose is their publisher and they have to give him books so he can publish them - but when they try to contact him he is missing. Andy and Terry decide to investigate. They go to Jill's house but she is asleep, she is under a sleeping curse.

They have a caterpillar which eats everything including rhinos and bulldozers. They also go on a train trip backwards. They need to go to Vegetable Castle to find the Potato Man who put a sleeping curse on people.

Rated:  4½ - "I liked it."

The 39 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths - reviewed by Emese

Andy and Terry have to deal with Mr Stupido who uninvents everything until there is nothing left in the world and the whole universe. Andy and Terry have to draw everything back.

Rated:  4½ - "Very funny."

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams - reviewed by Tristan

Granny is an international jewel thief but she is now sick and in hospital. She wants to get out so she lies to her grandson and says the lifts aren't working so she can escape. In a jewellery store she meets the Queen and has a chat with her.

Granny has a nosy neighbour called Mr Parker who is suspicious of her. He calls the police to say that Granny has stolen the crown jewels. The police come and search her house but can't find anything. They tell Mr Parker that if he is a nuisance and calls again they are going to put him in jail! At the end of the book Granny tells her grandson that she has cancer and dies.

Rated:  4 1/8 - "I didn't really like the end, it was too sad."