ESC Reads

Bend it like Beckham

koolkatia123 — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:38:00 GMT

Jess has a lifetime wish to be a football superstar, just like David Beckham. Of course her parents, want her to be a nice conventional Indian girl, who will study for law school, learn how to cook perfect Indian food, and marry a handsome Indian man. Jess has other ideas...

Billy Elliot

Emma Paul- Ebiai — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:22:00 GMT

This novel, written by Melvin Burgess, is the book of the movie Billy Elliot. The story is told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father Jackie, his brother Tony and his best friend Michael. It is a tough, amusing and touching story involving music, conflict and choices.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

lbouet — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is written by an author named Jeff Kinney. It is a diary as the title points out but the main character likes to think of it more as a journal.

My Family and Other Animals

apartridge — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:51:00 GMT

Gerald Durrell, the world famous naturalist, usually writes autobiographies, mainly about his childhood. My Family and Other Animals has all the properties of a great autobiography. It is exciting, tense and is a laugh out loud type of book. This book is set on the exotic island of Corfu.

How to Survive Summer Camp

vbakulova — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

How to Survive Summer Camp is a fiction and humour book. Iit is very interesting and once you start reading you can’t stop.

Stella Stebbings is a normal 12-year-old girl, (Well, not normal after going to the hairdressers before the wedding of her mum and Bill.) She looks like a boy and when her mum drives her to Evergreen summer camp where she is staying for the summer it gets worse.