Share a book with the following details:
1. Title and author of book
2. Summary of book
3. Interesting/ boring part
4. Good phrases
5. Rating - how many stars out of 5?
Title:Fun and games at Malory Towers Summary:It is about Music-mad Millicent organising school orchestra rehearsals at the same time as june's tennis matches and they were arguing over the people they want in their teams. Things also started going missing...and it was by a person who stole the things while she was sleepingwalking as she was under a lot of stress- she had to prepare for the school orchestra and tennis matches. Interesting part:the part where they keep us in suspend and want us to keep reading, like the main point of the whole story or like something interesting happening. Boring part:The start of the story where they are not going to the main point and beating about the bush Good phrases:1)melodramatic 2)weight off our minds 3)trying to steal her thunder 4)rapturous 5)keeping an eye on her Rating:4 1/2
Title:The enchanted wood Author: Enid Blyton Summary:The story begins when three children- Joe,Beth and Franniemove right next doorto an enchanted wood , and discover the Faraway tree with its many different lands at the top of it.They make new friends,slide down the slippery slip and go to many interesting lands.They also make many new friends and discover a magical new world.
Interesting part:When it was Beth's birthday,and Joe, Frannie and their new friends planned a birthday party for her.Coincidently,the birthday land was just at the top of the tree and they could all go up the tree for a birthday feast , fancy dress feast and play many interesting games as it was Beth's birthday.
Boring part:when they first move to the countryside and introduced us to the characters and it was quite a while after it then the adventures begin which was quite boring.
Good phrases:At the wheel/great cloud of coloured balloons/sizzled down/kept an eye open/once bitten,twice shy
Summary: It is about a teenager called David who was previously abused. He managed to get out of his house and was under foster care. It shows how he adapts to a new place as his foster parents kept changing. He then tries to live his live normally to be like other children.
Boring part: It was when a social worker, Miss Gold, tried to gather evidence to free David from his mother. It was quite long and boring.
Good Phrases: -Body curls up in meek effort -Ear-shattering climax -Head swivels frantically fom side to side -Taste the salt as tears rolled down my face -Locked eyes -Arms felt as if they were on fire -Surge of energy erupted from inside -Droplets of saliva sprayed on my face -Broke the ice -On the verge of tears -Looked into her swollen eyes -Coiled like a rattlesnake -Wrap her arms around them -Blood drained from her face -Made my blood boil -Howling wind struck my face -Voice cracked like thunder -Face turned snow white -Gave me the cold shoulder -Face tightened with frustration -My legs buckled -Too stunned to speak -Plant my elbows on his desk and bugged him -Fought to control my feelings
Title: Young Sherlock Holmes Death Cloud Author: Andrew Lane
Summary of book: The young Sherlock Holmes, who was 14 years old, was sent to Farnham to live with his uncle Sherrinford for a few months. He met a friend called Matty and a girl, Virginia. Sherlock witnessed 2 mysterious deaths and saw clouds moving in a strange way. Together with Matty, they solved the mysteries, "battled" the Baron and saved many British soldiers' life, but in a very dangerous way which almost got them killed.
Interesting part: Sherlock and Virginia, after using clues to solve mysteries, told the enemy, Baron Maupertuis evernthing and they foought with each other(Sherlock&Virginia V.S. Baron Maupertuis).
Good phrases: -derisively -slewed -blown to rubble -words emerged from his mouth -her expression was somewhere between contempt and amusement -a cruel smile twisting his mouth -the words hit Sherlock like a blow between the eyes -flushed with anger -his breathe rasped in his throat and his heart pounded like a living thing trapped inside his ribcage and fighting to get out -spade-like hands -felt a blossoming pride -the countryside flashed by -glnced over appraisingly at him -bone-white face
Title: Wolf Author: Gillian Cross Summary: This story is similar to Red Riding Hood, and it talkes about how Cassy faced the danger of the wolves together with Goldie and Lyall
Rating: 4
Good phrases: Deep slumber uneven rhythem of footsteps words burst out neck tingled looked back bleakly lugging the suitcase tangled gardens intricate pattern of twigs cave-like smell of mould defied her eyes tweaked it out of her hands ridged hardness of his ribs word slid away like soap volley of words rattled her fingernails gathered her wits clattered up the stairs in one energetic, fluid movement gaping, murderous mouth
Summary:Halo was a baby washed ashore in ancient Greece, which as soon discovered by a family of centaurs. However, when Halo was dragged away by fishermen, she soon realises that she is to survive then she must live in disguise-as a boy.
Interesting part: When she had to try to disguise as a boy.
Boring part:When she was dragged away by fishermen as it was a little too long.
Good phrases: -pale golden sun -pearly blue drawn sky -cast its shining path -scrabbling slightly -cantered lightly -steadily crawling along -flummoxed -sighed deeply -let out a wail -bright red,furipus, howling, with thick black tufty curly hair flopping wetly over it
Title : Mary Poppins Opens the Door Author : P.L. Travers Summary of book : Mary Poppins coming back to the Banks family and brought the children to a new round of marvellous adventures. Such as, a visit to Mr Twigley’s music box-filled attic, an encounter with the Marble Boy and a ride on Miss Calico’s enchanted candy canes. Interesting part : The story of THE CAT THAT LOOKED AT THE KING. Good phrases : -A yell of delight went up from the children -sighed for sheer joy -Speechless with astonishment -cheerfully babbling -beseeching cry -shrank back feebly -their eyes grew wide after astonishment -clad in baggy trousers -sauntered gossiping ladies -stared at her retreating back -glanced reproachfully -speechless with amazement -raised a beckoning finger -thud of feet -could feel Mary Poppin's gimlet eyes making holes in the backs of their heads -The wind ran swiftly by their faces and the echo of hooves was in their ears -gave her head a scornful toss -curiosity got the better of me Rating : 4 Jia Ying
Title: A Murder for her Majesty Author: Beth Hillgartner Summary: Alice Tuckfield is a girl who witnessed her own father's death and goes to New York for help.But things do not go as planned. She meets a group of choirboys and they take her in and diaguises her as a boy. But soon, she is kidnapped by one of the Masters in her school. Her friends try to find a way to rescue her. Interesting part: The part when the boys disguised her as a boy. Good words: - prim - endearing - contemplative - feasible - clouted - curt - ruefully - mystified - tartly - interminable - padded - feverently - unrepentantly - inscrutably Rating: 4/5
title: The Report Card Author: Andrew Clements Summary of the book: Nora Rose Rowley is a genius but she does not want anyone to know that. She just wants to be an ordinary kid and she has kept it that way until fifth grade. However, when Nora gets fed up with everyone being to concerned about grades, she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly, the attention that she has successfully avoided all her life is focused on her and her secret is out.
Boring part: When Nora's family did their routine.
Good phrases: - face went blank - mouth dropped open - spluttered - my mind went racing through its filing system - inevitable - memories kept on flooding in - busier than sparrows - well-established ritual - mind was zooming along at a million miles an hour
Summary:St Clare's is a boarding school and there is a new head girl,Margaret, who always causes trouble for the third formers,especially Kitty. During the first few weeks of the first term of school, the second and third formers always quarreled and played tricks on each other. But in the end, their feud has ended and Margaret was expelled because she had made a very serious mistake which was planned out by Kitty.
Interesting part: The part when the third formers planned out their tricks on the second formers.
Good phrases: -both had their hands on their hips and judging from the angry scowls on their faces, were exchanging heated words -she turned red with fury, her brown eyes glittering as she opened her mouth to make an angry retort -were in absolute fits of laughter -cramming them like sardines -sticking her nose in -her face white with fury -insults and accusations fly back and forth -to pull her socks up -her head in the clouds -blushed to the roots of their hair -her legs seemed to turn jelly -beaming from ear to ear
Summary: Martha, Katherine, Mark and Jane went to a cottage near a lake during a vacation with their parents. They found out that the lake was actually magic and they wished many things, mostly adventures, including meeting with pirates and a mermaid. After a few adventures, they found out that their father's book shop is failing and they tried to get valuable items through their adventures. Finally, their father solved the business' problems. Boring part: The long and boring introduction when the author wrote what the children did.
Good phrases and words: -Hearts burned with impatience -ever and anon -scooched down -steadfast -becalmed -dire irony -prostrate men -thwart -the howls of the robbers died to exhausted whimpers -rue
Title: The Girl Who Could Fly Author: Victoria Forester
Summary: Piper McCloud lived a normal life at first, until she discovered she could fly. She was then sent to I.N.S.A.N.E., a secret school for children with ablities like hers. Some of the students there have psychic powers and extrodinary speed and strength. But, she realises that this school is actually more dangerous then safe when she finds out that the headmaster of the school was trying to get rid of their special ablities.
Interesting part: When Piper found out that Letita Hellion(headmaster) was feeding them drugs in their food, they planned an escape route with Conrad(her friend). They lead the other students(Smitty,Daisy,Lily,Violet,Myrtle,The Mustafa Twins,Jasper and Kimber) out of the facility.
Good Phrases: 1.body tingled, and emboldened with Herculean strength 2.sank deeper and deeper into blackness, until a single flickering ray of light, like a tiny candle on a gusty day, broke through. 3.she could be blown away by a hard wind 4.heart sank, his worst fear realized 5.took her hand and squeezed it with alarm and fear. 6.wrapped around her mangled legs 7.mutely watched the clouded vision 8.flurry of frenzied activity 9.voice filled with so much primal rage 10.hobbling about aimlessly 11.vacant expression on her face 12.inhaling sharply 13.light became to fizzle and fade 14.watery eyes crystallized to steely blue 15.face travelled from incomprehension to disbelief
Summary:this story is about a brownie who was very naughty. One day he went into a cottage and found two big black witch cats.He then tie the cats tails together.When the cats woke up,they were angry and punished him.
Interesting part:The part where Snicker was tying the cats tails and he was puinished.
boring part:The part where he talked to the goblin which was quite boring.
Good phrases:in dismay/left a slivery trail which looked like a snail's/tug/dreadful/wriggled and flapped
Summary: Brian Hobble is a "wonder writer, schoolboy hero, class superhunk, and penalty-taker for Garunga Glory soccer team", as he thinks. Weird, scary and freaky stuff happens to him and in this book, he had to overcome his fears. They include: his first kiss and heights. Most of the story is about his brother, Matthew, who was obsessed with a TV show which is about a group of people using violence to kill zombies. His school assigns him and his schoolmates each to a buddy younger than them, who are going to their school soon. Brian gets Sebastian, a boy who thinks he's a fairy. Matthew, on the other hand, thinks he's the "hero" in the zombie TV show. Anyone that looks like a zombie to him, he tries to kill and he can impersonate all the heroes in the show really well. Sebastian usually solves the problem by sprinkling "fairy dust" or chanting "magical spells" which, weirdly, work.
Intresting Part: When Matthew tries to bash up 2 big, bulky gansters as they look like "zombies", and Sebastian saying a spell which magically turns everyone nice.
Boring Part: The parts where Brian sends emails to Lancelot Cummings, which are of his daily life, very mundane
Good Phrases: ~nerve-tingling adventures ~uncanny ~unearthly ~ectoplasmic ~splattering with a sickening squelch ~Slobber dripped off his teeth ~vitally ~teeted on the top of.... ~clung to the rail with in a white-knuckled grip ~my feet and legs had a mind of their own, and went on expeditions whenever they liked
Tittle: The Naughtiest Girl Again Author: Enid Blyton
Summary: A girl named Elizabeth was one of the naughtiest students in the school before the long summer holidays but when she goes back to school after, she becomes one of the best as she helped her younger schoolmates from the bullies and did many other good things.
Interesting part(s): When they explained the processes of her helping others and the way they expressed how their school life was like, making it hard for me to stop reading once I started because I felt like I was in the story.
Good phrases: -the pale winter sun shone down and the sky was the faint blue of a harebell -his face was flushed -ran helter-skelter -soaked to the skin -shook her head obstinately
Summary: two boys, Bubble and Squeak were boys that sold Bellows for a living. One day they had a mischievous plan to put a wind spell into a bellow and sell it to a gnome whom they did not like. After doing what they have plan out they trailed the gnome back home and the outcome was not what they expected. At that, they were punished by the king and queen and they had to stay in a deserted island for a year.
Interesting part: The king and Queen's house being made into a big mess as the bellow was too strong
Good phrases: -Skillfully and elegantly carved -notorious -very sorrowfully, with his head hung low and his face beetroot red -Face ashen -sinister squeak and bubbly bubble
Summary: A fourteen year old teenage spy, Alex Rider, was supposed to go on a vacation at Cayo Esqueleto-also known as Skeleton Key. Before he could enjoy his vacation, he found himself in another mission: to stop General Alexei Sarov who had a nuclear bomb which was meant to destroy Britain. In order to stop Sarov from destroying Britain, Alex attempted to defuse the nuclear from exploding, and succeeded. Once again he saved the world.
Interesting part: A man wanted to kill Alex on the Cribber -a big and powerful wave- but Alex manage to get rid of the man and managed to balance well on the Cribber.
Good phrases: ~arc through ~dense and cluttered ~permanently bloodshot ~plunging down ~miss the stern by centimetres ~immaculately tailored ~blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth ~trailing into the sky ~deafening chatter of machine guns ~a sense of dread ~at full throttle ~raging thirst ~puffed himself up ~dilapidated wooden kiosk ~emanate evil ~smile tugged at the one side of his face ~plucked into the air by invisible hands ~enormous tiredness creeping up
Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz Summary:Alex Rider, was relaxing in the South of France with his girlfriend, when a contact killer, Yassen Gregovorich, blows up his girlfriend's rented house, injuring her father badly. Among the wreckage, he found a scrap of paper, which was about a celebrity named Damian Cray. Soon, he found out that Damian Cray, who supposedly wanted to make drugs disappear from the world, has a plan that will kill millions of people along with drug factories. He has a metal capsule, which will allow him to override NSA's security system to fire 25 nuclear missiles at his targets. In the end, Damian Cray had a very gruesome death on board the Air Force One. Interesting part: Alex used a few heavy duty metal clips to stick himself on a lorry, camouflaging himself so well that the guards did not realise he was on the lorry! Good phrases: # a trickle of perspiration curved behind his ear and ran down his neck # at the very edge of his field of vision # his face, underneath the paint, completely white # knife flashing in the sun # sun-baked terracotta tiles # arcing into the brilliant sky # the smoke had blotted out the sun # like water falling through a trapdoor # took stock of his surroundings # flapping into his face like giant moths # inaudible scream Ratings: 10/10
Title: Dark river Author: Erin Hunter Summary: The book is about cats from different clans fighting with each other. The cats had powers and they made a discovery that must be kept hidden. Jaypaw learns a secret that could benefit his clan by damaging others while Hollypaw knows something that could advert a battle adn she could convince her clan. Good phrases: - spike into his pads - a blast of wind - soggy stem - irritation flashed - ball of moss - paws tingled - weaved skillfully - scanned the forest Ratings: 5/5
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz Summary: Alex Rider, a fourteen year old spy finds out that his father is a ruthless assassin and this puts his image of his parents in a different perspective. But is that really true? Interesting part: When Alex is sent by Scorpia, a secret organisation, to kill Mrs Jones. Boring part: Mrs Jones talks to Alex and plants a seed of doubt in Alex's mind before Alex shoots her. Mrs Jones talks for too long. Good phrases: > reflecting in the dark and silent sea > clatter of knives against plates and the low murmur of conversation > the sky stretching to eternity with thousands of brilliant stars > the air in front of him seemed to explode into fragments > He pitched forward and lay motionless Ratings: 10/10
Title:Fun and games at Malory Towers
ReplyDeleteSummary:It is about Music-mad Millicent organising school orchestra rehearsals at the same time as june's tennis matches and they were arguing over the people they want in their teams. Things also started going missing...and it was by a person who stole the things while she was sleepingwalking as she was under a lot of stress- she had to prepare for the school orchestra and tennis matches.
Interesting part:the part where they keep us in suspend and want us to keep reading, like the main point of the whole story or like something interesting happening.
Boring part:The start of the story where they are not going to the main point and beating about the bush
Good phrases:1)melodramatic 2)weight off our minds 3)trying to steal her thunder 4)rapturous 5)keeping an eye on her
Rating:4 1/2
Zi Hui,
ReplyDeleteIs the author Enid Blyton?
Title:The enchanted wood
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Enid Blyton
Summary:The story begins when three children-
Joe,Beth and Franniemove right next doorto an enchanted wood , and discover the Faraway tree with its many different lands at the top of it.They make new friends,slide down the slippery slip and go to many interesting lands.They also make many new friends and discover a magical new world.
Interesting part:When it was Beth's birthday,and Joe, Frannie and their new friends planned a birthday party for her.Coincidently,the birthday land was just at the top of the tree and they could all go up the tree for a birthday feast , fancy dress feast and play many interesting games as it was Beth's birthday.
Boring part:when they first move to the countryside and introduced us to the characters and it was quite a while after it then the adventures begin which was quite boring.
Good phrases:At the wheel/great cloud of coloured balloons/sizzled down/kept an eye open/once bitten,twice shy
Rating:4
ya
ReplyDeleteTitle:The Lost Boy
ReplyDeleteAutor:Dave Pelzer
Summary:
It is about a teenager called David who was previously abused. He managed to get out of his house and was under foster care. It shows how he adapts to a new place as his foster parents kept changing. He then tries to live his live normally to be like other children.
Boring part:
It was when a social worker, Miss Gold, tried to gather evidence to free David from his mother. It was quite long and boring.
Good Phrases:
-Body curls up in meek effort
-Ear-shattering climax
-Head swivels frantically fom side to side
-Taste the salt as tears rolled down my face
-Locked eyes
-Arms felt as if they were on fire
-Surge of energy erupted from inside
-Droplets of saliva sprayed on my face
-Broke the ice
-On the verge of tears
-Looked into her swollen eyes
-Coiled like a rattlesnake
-Wrap her arms around them
-Blood drained from her face
-Made my blood boil
-Howling wind struck my face
-Voice cracked like thunder
-Face turned snow white
-Gave me the cold shoulder
-Face tightened with frustration
-My legs buckled
-Too stunned to speak
-Plant my elbows on his desk and bugged him
-Fought to control my feelings
Rating: 4
Title: Young Sherlock Holmes Death Cloud
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Andrew Lane
Summary of book:
The young Sherlock Holmes, who was 14 years old, was sent to Farnham to live with his uncle Sherrinford for a few months. He met a friend called Matty and a girl, Virginia. Sherlock witnessed 2 mysterious deaths and saw clouds moving in a strange way. Together with Matty, they solved the mysteries, "battled" the Baron and saved many British soldiers' life, but in a very dangerous way which almost got them killed.
Interesting part: Sherlock and Virginia, after using clues to solve mysteries, told the enemy, Baron Maupertuis evernthing and they foought with each other(Sherlock&Virginia V.S. Baron Maupertuis).
Good phrases:
-derisively
-slewed
-blown to rubble
-words emerged from his mouth
-her expression was somewhere between contempt and amusement
-a cruel smile twisting his mouth
-the words hit Sherlock like a blow between the eyes
-flushed with anger
-his breathe rasped in his throat and his heart pounded like a living thing trapped inside his ribcage and fighting to get out
-spade-like hands
-felt a blossoming pride
-the countryside flashed by
-glnced over appraisingly at him
-bone-white face
Rating:5
Ms Loh, is this for over the weekend or for the school holidays?
ReplyDeletefor the weekend.
ReplyDeleteTitle: Wolf
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Gillian Cross
Summary: This story is similar to Red Riding Hood, and it talkes about how Cassy faced the danger of the wolves together with Goldie and Lyall
Rating: 4
Good phrases:
Deep slumber
uneven rhythem of footsteps
words burst out
neck tingled
looked back bleakly
lugging the suitcase
tangled gardens
intricate pattern of twigs
cave-like smell of mould
defied her eyes
tweaked it out of her hands
ridged hardness of his ribs
word slid away like soap
volley of words
rattled her fingernails
gathered her wits
clattered up the stairs
in one energetic, fluid movement
gaping, murderous mouth
Title of book:Halo
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Zizou Corder
Summary:Halo was a baby washed ashore in ancient Greece, which as soon discovered by a family of centaurs. However, when Halo was dragged away by fishermen, she soon realises that she is to survive then she must live in disguise-as a boy.
Interesting part: When she had to try to disguise as a boy.
Boring part:When she was dragged away by fishermen as it was a little too long.
Good phrases:
-pale golden sun
-pearly blue drawn sky
-cast its shining path
-scrabbling slightly
-cantered lightly
-steadily crawling along
-flummoxed
-sighed deeply
-let out a wail
-bright red,furipus, howling, with thick black tufty curly hair flopping wetly over it
Rating:4 1/2
Title : Mary Poppins Opens the Door
ReplyDeleteAuthor : P.L. Travers
Summary of book : Mary Poppins coming back to the Banks family and brought the children to a new round of marvellous adventures. Such as, a visit to Mr Twigley’s music box-filled attic, an encounter with the Marble Boy and a ride on Miss Calico’s enchanted candy canes.
Interesting part : The story of THE CAT THAT LOOKED AT THE KING.
Good phrases :
-A yell of delight went up from the children
-sighed for sheer joy
-Speechless with astonishment
-cheerfully babbling
-beseeching cry
-shrank back feebly
-their eyes grew wide after astonishment
-clad in baggy trousers
-sauntered gossiping ladies
-stared at her retreating back
-glanced reproachfully
-speechless with amazement
-raised a beckoning finger
-thud of feet
-could feel Mary Poppin's gimlet eyes making holes in the backs of their heads
-The wind ran swiftly by their faces and the echo of hooves was in their ears
-gave her head a scornful toss
-curiosity got the better of me
Rating : 4
Jia Ying
Title: A Murder for her Majesty
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Beth Hillgartner
Summary: Alice Tuckfield is a girl who witnessed her own father's death and goes to New York for help.But things do not go as planned. She meets a group of choirboys and they take her in and diaguises her as a boy. But soon, she is kidnapped by one of the Masters in her school. Her friends try to find a way to rescue her.
Interesting part: The part when the boys disguised her as a boy.
Good words:
- prim
- endearing
- contemplative
- feasible
- clouted
- curt
- ruefully
- mystified
- tartly
- interminable
- padded
- feverently
- unrepentantly
- inscrutably
Rating: 4/5
title: The Report Card
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Andrew Clements
Summary of the book: Nora Rose Rowley is a genius but she does not want anyone to know that. She just wants to be an ordinary kid and she has kept it that way until fifth grade. However, when Nora gets fed up with everyone being to concerned about grades, she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly, the attention that she has successfully avoided all her life is focused on her and her secret is out.
Boring part: When Nora's family did their routine.
Good phrases:
- face went blank
- mouth dropped open
- spluttered
- my mind went racing through its filing system
- inevitable
- memories kept on flooding in
- busier than sparrows
- well-established ritual
- mind was zooming along at a million miles an hour
Rating: 4
Title:Kitty At St Clare's
ReplyDeleteAuthor:Enid Blyton
Summary:St Clare's is a boarding school and there is a new head girl,Margaret, who always causes trouble for the third formers,especially Kitty. During the first few weeks of the first term of school, the second and third formers always quarreled and played tricks on each other. But in the end, their feud has ended and Margaret was expelled because she had made a very serious mistake which was planned out by Kitty.
Interesting part: The part when the third formers planned out their tricks on the second formers.
Good phrases:
-both had their hands on their hips and judging from the angry scowls on their faces, were exchanging heated words
-she turned red with fury, her brown eyes glittering as she opened her mouth to make an angry retort
-were in absolute fits of laughter
-cramming them like sardines
-sticking her nose in
-her face white with fury
-insults and accusations fly back and forth
-to pull her socks up
-her head in the clouds
-blushed to the roots of their hair
-her legs seemed to turn jelly
-beaming from ear to ear
Rating:5/5
Title: Magic by the Lake
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Edward Eager
Summary: Martha, Katherine, Mark and Jane went to a cottage near a lake during a vacation with their parents. They found out that the lake was actually magic and they wished many things, mostly adventures, including meeting with pirates and a mermaid. After a few adventures, they found out that their father's book shop is failing and they tried to get valuable items through their adventures. Finally, their father solved the business' problems.
Boring part: The long and boring introduction when the author wrote what the children did.
Good phrases and words:
-Hearts burned with impatience
-ever and anon
-scooched down
-steadfast
-becalmed
-dire irony
-prostrate men
-thwart
-the howls of the robbers died to exhausted whimpers
-rue
Rating:4
Still waiting for more book reviews to come in.
ReplyDeleteTitle: The Girl Who Could Fly
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Victoria Forester
Summary: Piper McCloud lived a normal life at first, until she discovered she could fly. She was then sent to I.N.S.A.N.E., a secret school for children with ablities like hers. Some of the students there have psychic powers and extrodinary speed and strength. But, she realises that this school is actually more dangerous then safe when she finds out that the headmaster of the school was trying to get rid of their special ablities.
Interesting part: When Piper found out that Letita Hellion(headmaster) was feeding them drugs in their food, they planned an escape route with Conrad(her friend). They lead the other students(Smitty,Daisy,Lily,Violet,Myrtle,The Mustafa Twins,Jasper and Kimber) out of the facility.
Good Phrases:
1.body tingled, and emboldened with Herculean strength
2.sank deeper and deeper into blackness, until a single flickering ray of light, like a tiny candle on a gusty day, broke through.
3.she could be blown away by a hard wind
4.heart sank, his worst fear realized
5.took her hand and squeezed it with alarm and fear.
6.wrapped around her mangled legs
7.mutely watched the clouded vision
8.flurry of frenzied activity
9.voice filled with so much primal rage
10.hobbling about aimlessly
11.vacant expression on her face
12.inhaling sharply
13.light became to fizzle and fade
14.watery eyes crystallized to steely blue
15.face travelled from incomprehension to disbelief
Rating 5/5
Victoria
title:snicker the brownie
ReplyDeleteauthor:enid blyton
Summary:this story is about a brownie who was very naughty. One day he went into a cottage and found two big black witch cats.He then tie the cats tails together.When the cats woke up,they were angry and punished him.
Interesting part:The part where Snicker was tying the cats tails and he was puinished.
boring part:The part where he talked to the goblin which was quite boring.
Good phrases:in dismay/left a slivery trail which looked like a snail's/tug/dreadful/wriggled and flapped
rating 4
Joshua
Title: Freaky Stuff
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Richard Tulloch
Summary:
Brian Hobble is a "wonder writer, schoolboy hero, class superhunk, and penalty-taker for Garunga Glory soccer team", as he thinks. Weird, scary and freaky stuff happens to him and in this book, he had to overcome his fears. They include: his first kiss and heights. Most of the story is about his brother, Matthew, who was obsessed with a TV show which is about a group of people using violence to kill zombies. His school assigns him and his schoolmates each to a buddy younger than them, who are going to their school soon. Brian gets Sebastian, a boy who thinks he's a fairy. Matthew, on the other hand, thinks he's the "hero" in the zombie TV show. Anyone that looks like a zombie to him, he tries to kill and he can impersonate all the heroes in the show really well. Sebastian usually solves the problem by sprinkling "fairy dust" or chanting "magical spells" which, weirdly, work.
Intresting Part:
When Matthew tries to bash up 2 big, bulky gansters as they look like "zombies", and Sebastian saying a spell which magically turns everyone nice.
Boring Part:
The parts where Brian sends emails to Lancelot Cummings, which are of his daily life, very mundane
Good Phrases:
~nerve-tingling adventures
~uncanny
~unearthly
~ectoplasmic
~splattering with a sickening squelch
~Slobber dripped off his teeth
~vitally
~teeted on the top of....
~clung to the rail with in a white-knuckled grip
~my feet and legs had a mind of their own, and went on expeditions whenever they liked
Rating:
*****
Tittle: The Naughtiest Girl Again
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Enid Blyton
Summary: A girl named Elizabeth was one of the naughtiest students in the school before the long summer holidays but when she goes back to school after, she becomes one of the best as she helped her younger schoolmates from the bullies and did many other good things.
Interesting part(s): When they explained the processes of her helping others and the way they expressed how their school life was like, making it hard for me to stop reading once I started because I felt like I was in the story.
Good phrases:
-the pale winter sun shone down and the sky was the faint blue of a harebell
-his face was flushed
-ran helter-skelter
-soaked to the skin
-shook her head obstinately
Rating (out of 5 stars)
*****
Is this for the holidays?
ReplyDeleteTitle: The enchanted bellows
ReplyDeleteauthor: Enid Blyton
Summary: two boys, Bubble and Squeak were boys that sold Bellows for a living. One day they had a mischievous plan to put a wind spell into a bellow and sell it to a gnome whom they did not like. After doing what they have plan out they trailed the gnome back home and the outcome was not what they expected. At that, they were punished by the king and queen and they had to stay in a deserted island for a year.
Interesting part: The king and Queen's house being made into a big mess as the bellow was too strong
Good phrases:
-Skillfully and elegantly carved
-notorious
-very sorrowfully, with his head hung low and his face beetroot red
-Face ashen
-sinister squeak and bubbly bubble
Rating:****
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ReplyDeleteTitle: Skeleton Key
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Anthony Horowitz
Summary: A fourteen year old teenage spy, Alex Rider, was supposed to go on a vacation at Cayo Esqueleto-also known as Skeleton Key. Before he could enjoy his vacation, he found himself in another mission: to stop General Alexei Sarov who had a nuclear bomb which was meant to destroy Britain. In order to stop Sarov from destroying Britain, Alex attempted to defuse the nuclear from exploding, and succeeded. Once again he saved the world.
Interesting part: A man wanted to kill Alex on the Cribber -a big and powerful wave- but Alex manage to get rid of the man and managed to balance well on the Cribber.
Good phrases:
~arc through
~dense and cluttered
~permanently bloodshot
~plunging down
~miss the stern by centimetres
~immaculately tailored
~blood trickled out of the corner of his mouth
~trailing into the sky
~deafening chatter of machine guns
~a sense of dread
~at full throttle
~raging thirst
~puffed himself up
~dilapidated wooden kiosk
~emanate evil
~smile tugged at the one side of his face
~plucked into the air by invisible hands
~enormous tiredness creeping up
Rating: 5/5
Eagle Strike, by Anthony Horowitz
ReplyDeleteSummary:Alex Rider, was relaxing in the South of France with his girlfriend, when a contact killer, Yassen Gregovorich, blows up his girlfriend's rented house, injuring her father badly. Among the wreckage, he found a scrap of paper, which was about a celebrity named Damian Cray. Soon, he found out that Damian Cray, who supposedly wanted to make drugs disappear from the world, has a plan that will kill millions of people along with drug factories. He has a metal capsule, which will allow him to override NSA's security system to fire 25 nuclear missiles at his targets. In the end, Damian Cray had a very gruesome death on board the Air Force One.
Interesting part: Alex used a few heavy duty metal clips to stick himself on a lorry, camouflaging himself so well that the guards did not realise he was on the lorry!
Good phrases:
# a trickle of perspiration curved behind his ear and ran down his neck
# at the very edge of his field of vision
# his face, underneath the paint, completely white
# knife flashing in the sun
# sun-baked terracotta tiles
# arcing into the brilliant sky
# the smoke had blotted out the sun
# like water falling through a trapdoor
# took stock of his surroundings
# flapping into his face like giant moths
# inaudible scream
Ratings: 10/10
Title: Dark river
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Erin Hunter
Summary: The book is about cats from different clans fighting with each other. The cats had powers and they made a discovery that must be kept hidden. Jaypaw learns a secret that could benefit his clan by damaging others while Hollypaw knows something that could advert a battle adn she could convince her clan.
Good phrases:
- spike into his pads
- a blast of wind
- soggy stem
- irritation flashed
- ball of moss
- paws tingled
- weaved skillfully
- scanned the forest
Ratings: 5/5
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
ReplyDeleteSummary:
Alex Rider, a fourteen year old spy finds out that his father is a ruthless assassin and this puts his image of his parents in a different perspective. But is that really true?
Interesting part:
When Alex is sent by Scorpia, a secret organisation, to kill Mrs Jones.
Boring part:
Mrs Jones talks to Alex and plants a seed of doubt in Alex's mind before Alex shoots her. Mrs Jones talks for too long.
Good phrases:
> reflecting in the dark and silent sea
> clatter of knives against plates and the low murmur of conversation
> the sky stretching to eternity with thousands of brilliant stars
> the air in front of him seemed to explode into fragments
> He pitched forward and lay motionless
Ratings: 10/10
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