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Review of the Month
A new feature of the Read To Succeed blog is Review of the Month. The best review will be shown as a post at the beginning of the blog, with a pic of the book and the talented reviewer!
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- a little bit of plot summary
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So get reading and typing and it might be your name (and face) up there.
Remember the secrets to a good review are:
- a little bit of plot summary
- your personal response to the book (was it good or bad?)
- evaluation (why was it good or bad?)
Book of the Month
'Noughts and Crosses' by Malorie Blackman
'Noughts and Crosses' has become a bit of a classic of science fiction. It is science fiction in the vein of '1984' or 'Brave New World', in other words it is set in a future society where things have gone horribly wrong. This society is brutally segregated (the Noughts on one side and the Crosses on the other) and the story involves 2 people trying to bridge the divide. This book is very relevant to our own society today. The story can be read as a tale about poverty, prejudice and sectarianism, as well as an exciting action thriller. It is the first of a trilogy.
'Noughts and Crosses' has become a bit of a classic of science fiction. It is science fiction in the vein of '1984' or 'Brave New World', in other words it is set in a future society where things have gone horribly wrong. This society is brutally segregated (the Noughts on one side and the Crosses on the other) and the story involves 2 people trying to bridge the divide. This book is very relevant to our own society today. The story can be read as a tale about poverty, prejudice and sectarianism, as well as an exciting action thriller. It is the first of a trilogy.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 240 of 240Demon Apocolypse by Darren Shan.
This book is about a boy called Grubbs Grady who can use magic and has top use it to fight demons. He has friends who has magic and help him fight the demons and to save the world.
It is a good book.
dr jakell and mr hyde was a great book and I would like to read this book again.
I would recommend this book to other pupils and adults.
THE END.....
The book that i havre just finshe reading is Narrative Poems. It is writen by Micheal Harrisomn The poems in this were good my favorite poem was called"Dunkley`s Dewpond". It was good.
This is not the type of book that i liked so i found it boring.
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respect by bernard ashley
Reaspect is a good book. mal was the big fella's son and the big fella had alot of reaspect because he respected everone. but the big fella got sent to jail and every thing changes because every one is upset.
My book " Find the white horse" by Dick King -Smith is a fabulous book. My favourite bit was when the women settle down in piece.
I think you should read this book now do it.
I have been reading the book called Vampire Mountain by Darren Shan. I enjoyed the book because I have read many of his books before and I enjoyed them all. The book creepy and exciting. I would reccommend this to anyone who has read his before......!!!!!!!!
My book monster school is a very funny school to me.
I think it is a very good fiction book.
It is about a boy who goes to this school and all the other pupils there are different from him they are all monsters like vampires and mummys and warewolves.
My favourite character is the wolf he is very cool.
I think you should read this book because it is very funny.
Title-UFO
Author-Jenny Randles
The book I am reading in class is called UFO's.
] It tells you how, where and what to do when spotted.
First the most common 'Hotspot' to spot UFO's is in the Canary Islands off the west-coast of the Continent Africa. There isn't a way you spot UFO's its usually just your luck. Then what you do when you spot a UFO is record all of the details of the what you saw and record the date, time and exact location of the sighting.
This book was very interesting and very, very educational.
Read it today you'll love it.
Jonathon Lennon McClung
"Poison" by Chris Wooding.
Poison is the main character in the story. She is a wild and contrary girl who can also be stubborn and argumentative. She was pale and slender with long black hair. Poison's eyes are described beautifully: "great dark eyes of shocking violet."
This story is set in a village called Gull in the black marshes. It was a peacful place.
When Poison had turned fourteen, that's when she changed her name. Her original name was Foxglove but it was a tradtion for the people of Gull to change their name on their fourteenth birthday. This was an interesting part of the story.
When Poison discovers that her little sister has been kidnapped by phaeries, it's her job to seek out the Phaerie Lord and get her little sister back.
I liked this book because of the interesting plot and crazy characters.
The Lake of Souls by Darren Shan
In this book the little person Harkat Mulds who has grey skin,Green eyes and sharp pointed teeth has to find out who he was.He is accompinied by half-vampire Darren Shan.Together they go through a mysterious door leading to a barren wasteland.Together they trek thourgh desert,jungle and caves to get to the lake of souls.But they encounter a problem,DRAGONS!They get rid of the dragons but then have to fish out the soul.When they fish it out they find out that Harkat was vampire traitor Kurda Smahlt.This was a good book overall and would reccomend it to people who like Darren Shan.
Demon Thief by Darren Shan
This is a horror book by Darren Shan. The main character in the book is Kernel Fleck. His brother is stolen by demons. He has to enter their universe in search of his brother. Their universe is a place of magic, chaos and incredible danger. Kernel has three aims-learn to use magic, find his brother and to stay alive. I thought this book was very tense and interesting. I would read another book by this author.
Title-The Black Book of Secrets
Author-F.E Higgins
I got this book for Christmas and I have just finished it.
The book is about a boy called Ludlow who goes to get his tooth out at the dentist. When the dentist tries to give him the numbing jag e kicked the dentist and ran out of the dentist surgery. He ran away to the village close by and gets a part time job as a pawnbroker.
He starts to miss his family after a year but his boss says you live in my Village now, you aren’t going home...
Read this book you'll enjoy it.
By Jonathon Lennon McClung
The Trials Of Death
by Darren Shan
This book is about a young half vampire half boy called Darren Shan who agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials. Each trial is set by Vampire Princes to test agility, cunning and inteligence but failure would mean death.
I really enjoyed this book and would read another book by this author again
The Fighting Pit by Michael Coleman.
This is a good book about a boy called Benjamin who escapes from the Howling Tower. Benjamin is determined to find his parents but he gets captured.
This book was good. I would give it 7/10
My book that I read over the holidays was harry potter and the chamber of secrets. My favourite character is harry because he is the choosen one and has a scar on his forehead.
My favourite bit is when harry starts to fight lord voldamort and then voldamort summans his water snake which then attacks harry and just when you thought it was all over when a phenix came down and gave harry a feather then it burst into flames and then harry pulled out a magic sword out the hat and killed the snake with it.
I would recommend this book to all my friends and family and I think you should read it.
Slawter by Darren Shan
This was an extremely good book. It isabout a boy named Grubbs Grady.His parents had been murdered by a demon named Lord Loss. He gets rid of a werewolf gene in the Grady family. Grubbs and his uncle fought Lord Loss and won but his uncle Dervish had to go to teh demon realm to fight Lord Loss on his own turf. Almost a year later his uncle returned. Now they try to lead normal life when a horror director Davida wants Dervish to tell her about demons. He finally agrees and goes to the movie set Slawter. But Grubbs knows something is wrong. It turns oyt Davida works for demons. She went crazy and didnt care she was killing innocent people. This was a brilliant book and would reccomend it to anyone.
Lord Loss by Darren Shan
This book is about a boy called Grubbs Grady.When he meets Lord Loss and his evil minions he learns three new things-the world is vicious, magic is possible and demons are real.He thinks he will never again witness such a terrible night.He is wrong.The book is long and has small writing.I enjoyed the book because it was scary. The author uses lots of adjectives and similes.This book is interesting and hard to put down.I think you would like it if you like horror books.
'The Stone Menagerie' by Anne Fine
I have just finished reading the book 'The Stone Menagerie' by Anne Fine. The book was not bad,but I've read better.The book is about a boy called Ally has to visit his aunt Chloe every sunday in the psychiatric hospital. But one Sunday was different, the other side of lake. He sees a girls name planted in flowers. This changes Ally forever. I wll tell you no more. You'll have to read it to find out more. I rate this book 6 out of 10.6/10.
EMMA BARCLAY FLOUR BABIES BY ANNE FINE.
I READ THIS BOOK AND FOUND IT INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS STORY BEGINS WITH THE TEACHER SAYING THAT THE ANNUAL SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR WAS COMING AND THE PROJECT THIS YEAR WAS TO TAKE CARE OF A FLOUR BABY AND KEEP CARED FOR AT ALL TIMES. HOWEVER THIS ASIMENT WAS TO EASY BECAUSE YOUNG SIMON MARTIN GREW FOND OF HIS FLOUR BABY AND ALSO LEARNED ALOT MORE THAN HE EXPECTED.
READ THE BOOK!!!
Proccessions of the Dead
D.B.Shan
This book is the first book in "The City" series. It is about a young man called Capac Riami who goes to "The City" to meet his uncle Theo to learn how to become a successful gangster. Near the begining of the book his uncle Theo is shot and killed by the most successful gangster in "The City" who is called the Cardinal. Then the Cardinal takes Capac to be his right hand man.
There are loads of interesting characters in the book. I think Y Tse is the most interesting character in the book.
The book is very good and has loads of exciting moments in it. The book has quite alot of bad language in it.
The book is amazing and I would ddefinetly recomend it to people who like Darren Shans book.
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K Rowling.
Harry is a wizard. He is a scruffy 14 year old boy who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. One night in the summer holidays, his scar starts to hurt when he has a strange dream.
His best friend, Ron Weasley, has invited him to stay at the Burrow with him and his family to get ready for the Quidditch World Cup Final. Harry, Ron's family and another of Harry's best friend Hermione, are all excited to be at the World Cup Final. When they return to their tent, a group of death eaters, Voldermort's followers, are on the loose. The camp is in panic but Harry and the gang return home safely.
On September 1st, Harry, Ron and Hermione get on the Hogwarts Express and return to school. Also another two wizarding schools have arrived at Hogwarts, the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang schools. They have turned up for a very special event, the Triwizard Tournement.
Everything seems fine when Harry's name is mysteriously entered in the Goblet of Fire which means he has to endure 3 dangerous tasks. The first task is to retrive a golden egg from a Hungarian Horntail dragon, the second was to rescue Ron from Mermaids and the third was a maze. In the maze was the triwizard cup. He and Cedric Diggory, another Hogwarts contender, had reached the cup first. In the end they decided to grab the cup together and it transported them to a graveyard.
It was the same graveyard, Harry had dreamed about in the summer. Harry's scar started to hurt and he knew Voldermort was around. Wormtail, a servant of Voldermort's, killed Cedric. Voldermort came back to life and him and Harry dueled each other and Harry eventually got away but who but his name in the Goblet of fire???
Read to find out! (Or watch the movie!)
The killer underpants by Micheal Lawrence
I did not like "the killer underpants" because it was to long but i liked the idea of the book with underpants that can control a person
"ONE BAD RAT" by Bryan Talbot.
One bad rat is about a young teenager called Helen Potter who runs away from home because her dad abuses her. She gets in with alot of bad crowds and takes drugs. Along the way she finds a rat and keeps it for a pet. One day she runs away from the city and gets so tired she passes out in a barn then an old man finds her and takes her to his hotel and looks after her.
I think teenagers between 13-18 would enjoy this book.
i read an unofficial biography of billy connolly
this book was very interesting because unlike some biographys this biography tells us about alot about billys full life due to his age it has alot of information on his family and touring the world billy is one of britains best comedian and this is why I chose this book because of his hilarity so if you would like a funny book then this might be a good choice for you
kensuke's kingdom is a great book if you like people out at sea then this is a book for you it is quite thrilling and is great book and I think you should read it.
an angel for may by melvin burgess
This is a a boy who does not like his home and that he would rather be with his dad he goes to a farm to reduce his anger one day he goes to the farm and is transported to ww2 he is very afraid until he meets may may trys to purswade him to stay but tam is scared that he will lways be stuck in the past
Under the Greenwood Tree.
Is a great book that is about a man called Dick Dewy who falls in love with a women and they go out dancing and then aventually they get married.
I think you should read this book if you are into love stories.
I just finished reading "The Tulip Touch"by Anne Fine.In this book is about two girls they are, Tulip and Natalie.
I like this book because has many interesting things and I like how they are acting one to the other one.Nobody wants to be around Tulip but her outlandish behaviour doesn't matter to Natalie.At first she finds Tulip exciting and she doesn't care that other people are upset by her pranks.But then Tulip's games become increasingly sinister,and Natalie realises that Tulip is going too far.Now Natalie has strange dreams about her friend because she become too upset about her sinister games...If you're interesting in horror story I sugest you shoud read this one first.
Its a great story!!!
My book is called Flour Babies and it is writen by Anne Fine :).
This book is about the annual school sicence fair that Mr Cartright's class don't get to on the Soap Factory, the Maggot Farm or the Exploding Custard Tins this is to there disgust they get the Flour Babies. Young Simon Martin a committed hooligan approaches the task with little enthusiasm. He also learns more than he ever could have thought.
I thought that this book was ok. It wasnt really that good. After a little while the book became boring and i did no longer want to read on. I think taht this book should be for older children as it has big words in it and is difficult to read. I dont think that i will read this book again but a would reccomend an "Anne Fine" book beacuse she is norrmally a good Autor.
By Emmaa Dunn
Not Dressed Like That You Dont!
By Yvonne Coppard
It Is A Diary Written Between A Mother And A Teenager =P
I Liked This Book Because It Was A Good Book To Read Because The Words Were Easy To Read And Understant At My Rate Of Reading And Also He Is Quite A Geek At School And Everyone Who Goes To His House For Him To Go To School Or To Go Out At Nights His Dad Would Tell Them his One And Only Joke Wich Is Not Worth Writing Down And Then He Goes Back To His Newspaper And His Mum Is Just As Bad She Buys Everything Out Of Marks And Spencers Even Her Clothes And Then She Expects Her Teenager Boy To Ware Them Because She Buys Him Clothes Aswell But He Would Prefere To Ware His Older Scabby Clothes
But His Frinds Don't Mind Because They Ware Old And Tatty Clothes Aswell =0
And I Think That You Should Read This Book Because It Was Good And There Were Much Easier Words To Read =)
The Knowledge of Wicked World Cups
by Micheal Coleman
This is one of the best football books I have ever read. It is all about the past World Cups from 1930-1998 with all the added extras and a bit of humour.It has lots of funny drawings to reflect on the best bits of the tournament and has a number of different facts like if you bought a programme fof 12 and a half pence it would be worth over £50. It has hundreds more facts but you will have to get the book and find out. I recommend this book to anyone who likes funny factual football books.
Skarrs
Catherine Ford
My book is about a boy called Danny whos Grandfather passes away.
The characters in Skarrs are very detailed and interesting.
I really enjoyed reading this book.
I give it a 7 out of 10
Spy Dog
Andrew Cope
My book is about a dog a 'spy dog'
by Andrew Cope. Lara (The Spy Dog)
Lara is sent on a dangerous
mission to stop an evil drug baron.
I did not enjoy this book. I rate this book 3 out of 10. But everybody is different so you might enjoy this book.
I Was Reading A Book Called The Story Of The Treasure Seekers By E.Nesbit It Was About A Family There Was Six Of Them And They Were All Looking For Treasure Out There Back Garden Witch Was All Hard And Mukky With A Small Amount Of Grass In it And The Bastables Family Went Away Also To Look For Treasure And Meet Some Exiting People And Some Exiting Things Happen You Should Read This Book Because You Would Really Enjoy It.
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darren shan vampire saga
The Darren Shan vampire saga is made up of twelve books.Cirque Du Freak,Vampire assistant,tunnels of blood,vampire mountain,trials of death,the vampire prince,hunters of dusk,allies of night,killers of dawn,the lake of souls,lord of the shadows and sons of destiny.They are all brilliant books and have a brilliant plot. It is about a boy named Darren Shan. He and his friend go to a freak show thet changes their life.Darren trades his life for steves when he steve(his friend)gets bitten. He becomes a vampire. These are a brilliant set of books and would reccomend them to anyone.
charlie and the chocholate factory
charlie and the chocolate factory is about a young boy who is very poorwhen he hears about a trip to the chocolate factory he is so exited and so is his grandfather because he used to work with willie wonka .
charlie buyes a bar of chocolate and wins a golden ticket
Trials of death by Darren Shan
This book is about a boy vampire called Darren Shan. He has to go through some deadly trials to prove he is a worthy vampire.He has to do trials such as the aquatic maze and the path of needles.The book is interesting and you always want to know what happens next.The description is brilliant.Read it now!
Title: Journey of the River Sea
Author: Eva Ibbotson
I was reading a book called Jouney of the river sea. The Genre of this book was Adventure.
Tyhe book was about a little girl called Maia. The girls in Maia's class told her what to expect before she went on her voyage through the Brazillian Jungle. The mosquitos were the size of of a small armadillo and if they bite you, you turned yellow like a lemon and perished slowly.
Maia did this journey with her parents. Both of her parents died due to these mosquitos, leaving Maia to go on this trek to get home by herself!
I thought this book was fabtastic. Read it. You will not want to put it down.
Jonathon Lennon McClung
Title- Sharks
Consultant- Ian K. Fergusson
I was reading a book called Sharks of which i got for Christmas.
It informed me about, all of the different varieties of Sharks and what they do.I.E. Some Sharks give birth to live offspring, called Pups, whereas others lay capsules called "Mermaid Pouches." Also, it told me about all of the different shapes and sizes of Sharks there are. The most commonly know Shark is the Blue Shark ( Prionace Glauca). The Hammer Headed Shark gets its name, oblviously, because its head it shaped like a hamnmer, and the saw Spouted Shark also gets its name as it has a spout shaped like a saw
This book was very educational and it is vary enjoyable.
Jonathon Lennon McClung
This book was an emotional rollercoaster, but a very good book to read
The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea. And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together.
Now, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's. Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her father's long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?
I really enjoyed this book and would definetly read a book of this genre of book again.
Jonathon Lennon McClung
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