Year 2 Book Reviews
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Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
18/04/2012 10:52:39 - Reviewed by Brendon - Categories: Genre,Fantasy
Journey to the River Sea
The book Journey to the River Sea was written by Eva Ibbotson as an adventure fiction. This book has been runner-up for the Whitbread children’s book of the year award and also the Guardian fiction award.

Follow Me Down by Julie Hearn
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
18/04/2012 10:38:58 - Reviewed by joey - Categories: Genre,Fantasy
Follow Me Down
Follow Me Down is a very evocative novel, but in such a way that brings to life the cruelty of the 18 th century. From the very beginning when Tom’s mother is driving around, looking for his grandmother’s house, there is a sense of something not being right.

The Spook's Curse by Joseph Delaney
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
05/05/2011 16:48:24 - Reviewed by Mkossakowski - Categories: Fantasy,Other,Fiction
The Spooks Curse
The Spook’s Curse is a fantasy-adventure book written by Joseph Delaney. It is a book about two men who fight the darkness and evil on the planet.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone by J.K. ROWLING
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
01/06/2010 01:32:58 - Reviewed by cdevlin - Categories: Modern Classic,Fantasy,Fiction
Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone
Harry Potter and the Philosoper’s Stone, written by J.K.Rowling, is the first book of the seven Harry Potter books. All of them are well known and J.K.Rowling has won many awards for them. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is about an eleven-year-old boy named Harry Potter. He does not know for the first eleven years of his life that he is a wizard, as he is being brought up by his muggle (the wizarding term for non-magical humans) aunt and uncle and his ferocious, greedy cousin Dudley.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K Rowling
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
21/05/2010 11:45:39 - Reviewed by jbevan - Categories: Genre,Fantasy,Fiction
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book of the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling . It is a fantasy book.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colifer
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
21/05/2010 11:38:18 - Reviewed by hmacduff - Categories: Fantasy,Humour,Fiction
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl, written by Eoin Colfer, is definitively a fantasy book. About fairies, but do not let this fool you! This is no fairy tale...

Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
21/05/2010 11:29:13 - Reviewed by jsweeney - Categories: Fantasy,Action/Suspense,Crime/Mystery,Fiction
Creature of the Night
Creature of the Night is a thriller written by Kate Thompson. The book is set in Ireland. It is about a teenage boy called Bobby, who has been made to move from Dublin to Ennis, County Clare, by his mother. Bobby is adamant that he is not going to stay in the little village near Ennis and on the bus journey down constantly tells his mother “I’m not staying down there, you can’t make me.”

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
12/01/2010 13:24:42 - Reviewed by Sophia S - Categories: Genre,Fantasy,Fiction
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor the Overlander is the first book in a series of three written by Suzanne Collins. It is a fantasy/fiction novel. She is an American writer, but I read the German translation. This story is based in New York City. This story is about a boy called Gregor and his little sister, Boots. Gregor is eleven years old and is very protective of his younger sister. Boots is between three and five years old, and isn’t at all afraid of scary animals. Suddenly one day their father disappears.

Jimmy Coates : Killer by Joe Craig
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
08/12/2009 09:03:05 - Reviewed by adeadman - Categories: Fantasy,Action/Suspense
Jimmy Coates : Killer
Jimmy Coates: Killer is written by Joe Craig. It is an action novel which gives you a constant edge-of-the-seat read. The main characters are Jimmy, Felix, and Georgie, who assures Felix and Jimmy’s escape from the preying eyes of NJ7, an assassin organisation that create self-aware killing machines inside what appear to be humans. Felix and Jimmy are best friends and co-operate with each other courageously throughout the novel.

Storm of Iron by Graham McNiell
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
08/12/2009 08:54:01 - Reviewed by fredrikazzopardi - Categories: Fantasy,War,Science Fiction,Fiction
Storm of Iron
Storm of Iron is a book from the Warhammer 40000 collection. Warhammer 40000 is a fantasy world in the far future where there is only war. The author of this fantasy novel is Graham McNeill.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
08/12/2009 08:48:21 - Reviewed by jelsner - Categories: Fantasy,Fiction
City of Bones
City of Bones,’ by Cassandra Clare is a gripping novel of adventure and betrayal where vampires, werewolves, demons and many other inhuman creatures exist. Its genre is definitely fantasy.

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
08/12/2009 08:46:59 - Reviewed by osundaram - Categories: Fantasy,Romance,Fiction
New Moon
New Moon, written by Stephenie Meyer is a fantasy-romance book; it is the second book in the Twilight saga. Bella (the main character) is passionately in love with Edward, who is a vampire. .

 
 
 
 
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