July Reviews from St Kilda

Hot Dog! by Anh Do, Illustrated by Dan McGuiness, Review by Nick

It's about these friends who go on a journey when they a baby bird at the bottom of the friendship tree. They try to find its mother. It's an adventure. They meet all different types of people to find out who the mother actually is. They end up at a water park...

3.5/5 Reallys  "I really liked it but it was too short"


Allied by Amy Tintera, review by Yuanquan

This is the third book in the Ruined trilogy. It's about this young woman Emelina who has one of these ruins with magic powers. She doesn't have any ruin powers though, so she's considered useless in ruin society. She's the daughter of one of the Queens of the Ruins who got stabbed and killed by the King. The army are about to march under their new King who is also half married to the main character Emelina. He married her when she was under the alias of Mary, the Princess of Valor. He retakes the royal city, Em's sister Olivia who is super powerful, is trying to kill everyone....

Rated: 5/5 Reallys "It's a good book"


The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, review by Aarev

It starts with these three people, Leo, Pippa and Jason. They went on a quest and then they came back with a dragon, which is a robotic metal dragon made of bronze, it can fly. Leo is the son of Hecate the god of mechanics, Piper is the daughter of Aphrodite the daughter of love and Jason is the son of Zeus, one of the big three gods who is the god of lightning and king of the gods. They meet Percy and his friends who are halfway lost, half not... 

Rated: 4/5 Reallys. "I like that there is a lot of mystery and adventure"


Spooky Weird! by Anh Do, Review by Sonia

It's about this boy called Weir Do and Bella and Weir Do loves Halloween. The book is mostly about Halloween. While Weir was at school the teacher decides to put them into partners and Bella and Weir are put together. After school they made a costume and they were still thinking about what they wanted to do. Weir has two pets, a parrot and a little puppy.

Rated: 5/5 Reallys "I liked it, it's a good book, because sometimes it can be adventurous and the first time you read it it's really interesting. -There are nine chapters in the ninth book!"  

Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan, Review by Ariana

Magnus Chase is like this homeless guy who ends up getting killed and going to Valhalla. He doesn't know why, because at first he doesn't know he's dead. Then he finds out his dad is Frey, the viking god of Summer and healing. His cousin is Annabeth. He has to try and find the Sword of Summer, the sword that his dad lost.

Rated: 5/5 Reallys. "It's a really good adventure series"