Year 3 Book Reviews
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The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
24/05/2013 10:52:11 - Reviewed by lukatheboss - Categories: Genre,Crime/Mystery,Book Type,Fiction
The Calder Game
The Calder Game , written by Blue Balliett, is a gripping novel that is set mainly in Chicago and the small town of Woodstock, England. This book is for real mystery lovers, as it has several twists and puzzles to solve. The main character is Calder Pillay. Calder is a maths wiz and likes to solve puzzles and keeps his most prized possession, his set of Pentominoeszzles within arm’s reach. .

Ithaka by Adèle Geras
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
24/05/2013 10:49:14 - Reviewed by irichards - Categories: Genre
Ithaka
Ithaka by Adèle Geras is a charmingly written and imaginative part historical fiction, part coming -of-age novel set in a tiny island off the coast of Ancient Greece. It tells the story of a beautiful yet weary queen, waiting for her husband Odysseus to return after years of being absent as well as the story of her young and vulnerable handmaiden, Klymene, who has to face the hardships of life in this generally solemn tale.

The Host by Stepehnie Meyer
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
24/05/2013 10:29:30 - Reviewed by msteen1 - Categories: Genre
The Host
The Host , by Stephanie Meyer, is a science fiction novel based in the near future. The book tells the story of a young woman’s journey to finding those who are most dear to her in a world that crumbles around her.

The Lady Grace Mysteries by Patricia Finney
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
28/04/2012 18:45:46 - Reviewed by lpanagi - Categories: Genre
The Lady Grace Mysteries
Patricia Finney is the author of Lady Grace Mysteries Assassin , which is set in Elizabethan times. It is an amusing book packed with adventure.

The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
26/04/2012 15:35:26 - Reviewed by Emma Paul- Ebiai - Categories: Genre,Science Fiction,Friends/Family,Fiction
The Future of Us
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler is a futuristic book set in the past. It can also be described as teen fiction.

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
26/04/2012 15:34:38 - Reviewed by ganstis - Categories: Genre,Fantasy,Humour,Action/Suspense,Crime/Mystery,Book Type,Fiction
Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant is an action/ comical/ fantasy novel by Derek Landy. It is about four hundred pages long and is published by Harper Collins.

Brotherband: The Outcasts by John Flanagan
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
26/04/2012 15:31:27 - Reviewed by ttaylor - Categories: Genre,Fantasy,Action/Suspense,Book Type,Fiction
Brotherband: The Outcasts
Brotherband: The Outcasts is a fantasy novel much like J. R. R. Tolkien stories. It is written by John Flanagan who is a very experienced writer. He has written television shows and since 2000 has created many fabulous novels.

Switched by Amanda Hocking
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
26/04/2012 15:17:13 - Reviewed by staghavi - Categories: Fantasy
Switched
My book review is on Switched by Amanda Hocking, and is the first book of the Trylle series. It is a great read, grabs the reader and is a real page turner. The main character is a girl called Wendy Everly. She lives with her older brother Matt and his girlfriend. Finn Holmes is the new boy in her class, who keeps staring at her, as if trying to work something out. They relate to each other as Finn is actually working for Wendy’s mother, her REAL mother and has orders to bring her home, to her ...

The Dream Master by Theresa Breslin
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
11/05/2011 14:47:51 - Reviewed by zoeaustin - Categories: Genre
The Dream Master
The Dream Master is a great fantasy book by Theresa Breslin. It is about a young boy called Cyrus who quite literally gets too caught up in his dreams.

Genesis by Bernard Beckett
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
08/05/2011 11:28:37 - Reviewed by rsladden - Categories: Science Fiction,Fiction
Genesis
Genesis is a book for young adults. It is written by Bernard Beckett, an author from New Zealand. It is a science fiction book, looking at a possible way of life in the future.

The Sniper by James Riordan
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
07/05/2011 11:55:55 - Reviewed by fredrikazzopardi - Categories: War,Non-Fiction
The Sniper
The Sniper by James Riordan is a true story about Tania Chernova (aged 16 in the book), a girl recruited as a sniper in Stalingrad in Russia in World War Two.

Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
06/05/2011 14:49:01 - Reviewed by Chelsea Owen - Categories: Action/Suspense,Crime/Mystery,Fiction
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz is an action-packed thriller with a very interesting plot-line. Everything that happens is important to the plot, enhancing it, giving a place to it. This is the third book in the Alex Rider series, but each could just about stand on their own feet, though I would recommend reading them in order. I am definitely going to be reading the others.

Tony Hawk's Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
06/05/2011 14:47:42 - Reviewed by jmica - Categories: Biography,Non-Fiction
Tony Hawks Round Ireland with a Fridge
Tony Hawk's Round Ireland With a Fridge is written by Tony Hawk and it is a detailed account about an adventure of his.

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
02/05/2010 16:29:14 - Reviewed by Taisie T - Categories: Humour,Science Fiction,Travel
The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the best in sci-fi books to date; it follows the extraordinary and hilarious adventures of ordinary Arthur Dent after the Earth is exploded by aliens.

Lirael by Garth Nix
The overall verdict is: Review Score, 1=Worst - 5=Best
23/06/2009 13:20:01 - Reviewed by shodges - Categories: Fantasy,Action/Suspense,Fiction
Lirael
Lirael, the second book of the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, is a fantasy adventure of necromancy and magic.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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