This book is about a boy named Kester and his dad who are living in a world that hates animals, and most of them have been eliminated. Kester's dad is a scientist and a friend named Polly are trying to save a group of 'Wilds' (as animals are called in this world). An evil man who runs a company called Facto has sent out a disease to kill all animals while getting humans to live in glass towers that Facto has built to stop them living outside.
Kester's dad has found a cure for the disease that kills the animals and then Polly goes missing after telling Kester about 'the Iris' which can make the world normal again. The book is about his quest to find Polly and the Iris and getting away from Facto. Along the way he meets another group of kids who are against Facto but is led by a man who turns and joins Facto.
Kester then hears dark noises and discovers a group of Wilds who want to turn against humans and destroy them so they can be in the world again. Kester has to convince them to join him in the fight against Facto.
Rated: 5/5 - "It took a long time to read and was a little bit confusing at times but I liked it a lot."
This is an adult book. It is the second series within a series - it basically picks up from the first series. Garion's son is kidnapped and a group of people who follow a prophecy must find Garion's child. The person who stole the boy needs to be stopped because the world will fall into chaos. Garion's son is the child of light and if he is taken to the orb before the group can get to him the world will be in chaos and war because the orb is evil and will take the child's good power away.
Rated: 5/5 - "Very good and entertaining - it makes you sit on the edge of your seat."
Billy Slipper finds a jumbled up cat who has a foot on his head, ear on his arm and a tail near his head. Billy has a mum who hates animals and also puts plastic sheeting all over the house to protect it from getting dirty. His sister is an angel to his mum but not to Billy.
Billy comes home with the jumbled up cat and tries to hide it from his mum but his sister finds out and tells her. The cat goes to live next door with Mrs Mandiddee.
The jumbled up cat enters a competition for the weirdest thing and gets into the final. He has to do something special for the final and sings while Mrs Mandiddee plays piano. They win a lot of money.
Rated: 4/5 - "Some parts got a little bit funny but I haven't finished it yet."
It's set during WW1 about a boy who lives with his dad because his mother has passed away. Dad stays home to look after him, but the boy wants to go and fight in the war (even though he is only 15 years old).
One day they receive a parcel with a white feather inside it. A white feather means you are a coward and don't want to fight. The father decides to enlist with his son. The boy goes to Egypt with his horse Daisy. His dad is sent somewhere else (Gallipoli I think). They train and fight. The boy can 'sense' where water is, which is very important if you are in Egypt and he is very successful at it. His dad dies while fighting. The book is then about the boy and the horse surviving the war.
It's well written, Morris Gleitzman is very good at describing what it was like, how bad the ship was and how the sargeants are really mean.
Rated: 4½/5 - "was a bit boring at the start but it got better."
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