Lily Alone by Jacqueline Wilson
Lily Alone is a very good book and catches your attention. I think you should all read it. It’s really exciting and enjoyable. 5 Stars.
Review by Rebecca of Kilbirnie
Kids’ Reviews
Book Review by Amy
The Magic Violin by Victor Kelleher.
The Magic Violin is about a boy who can’t play the violin properly and when he does the cat is sick on the floor, Dad slips on the cat’s sick and falls over, Mum screams and drops the baby in the sink, the baby screams back at her with a face full of dishwater and the dog bites the end of its tail off. But then the violin takes charge… The best part was when the baby was learning to swim and there was no worst part. I think that it was written for both girls and boys. I recommend it to five to nine year olds.
Book review by Amy from Karori BookBusters
Book review by Emily
I read a book called Witchling and the author was Ruth Symes. I think this book is for girls. Her name is Belle and her friend is Sam. The worst part is when her house falls apart. But the best part is when she finds the glimore.
Review by Emily from Karori BookBusters
Kids’ Review by Jordan
Just Doomed by Andy Griffiths
Just Doomed is a funny and awesome book, especially the chapter “Just Nude”. If you don’t read the Just Series you should give it a go, even if you are not too sure. I have really enjoyed reading the Just Series. Another great chapter is “Andy’s Action Math Program” (don’t look on the TV just because it says “program”).
Review by Jordan of Hataitai
Tawa BookBusters Reviews
Here are the latest and greatest reads from the Tawa BookBusters.
Jacob has been reading How Things Work. He explained to us how the book demonstrated how cogs worked. His example was if you turn the crank handle of a cog with 6 bolts which then turns a handle with 12 bolts it will take the smaller 12 bolt cog two revolutions to travel around the larger 6 blot clog once. He also like the model that explained how an elevator worked
Alicia and Natalie have both been reading Who is Hilda Hardmouth. Hilda is a hideous headteacher of the local school, but she really hates children. She likes to make up lots of rules and they all start with DONT. Look up Karen Wallace, the author of these books, for some other great titles by her.
Riley has been reading The Witches. It is about a boy called Bruno whose parents have died and he has gone to live with his grandmother. They go to stay in a hotel where they discover a room full of witches. You can tell when a person is a witch because they have blue tongues, a large nose, they are bald and have no toes. The witches end up turning Bruno into a mouse and Bruno (as a mouse) and his grandmother have to seal the potion away from the witches before they turn everyone into mice.
Jack has been reading Asterix and Obelix. It is about 2 warriors that are very strong and go out fighting. In the comic that Jack has been reading Asterix and Obelix had to go to Africa to get a person out of prison. They had to fight a whole army to do so.
Owen has been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. His favourite part was at the end of the book when Harry is standing in front of the mirror and the philosopher’s stone appeared in his pocket. He also enjoyed reading the parts that were in the Forbidden Forest. He is currently reading the next title in the series.
Bethnany has been reading The Suitcase Kid. Its about a girl called Andrea who has to cope with her parents divorce. She travels from parent to parent spending a week with each. She finds it very hard to decide which parent she wants to stay with.
Hayden has been reading from the Beast Quest series – Torgor the Minotaur. The main characters in the story are Tom and Elenna. In this story the minotaur throws a tree truck at Tom.
Kids’ Review by Amy
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl.
Esio Trot is about a man who lives in a block of flats and he loves the woman (her name is Mrs Silver.) But Mrs Silver has all her love on her pet tortoise Alfie. But then Mr Hoppy (the man) plays a trick on Mrs Silver and suddenly she loves him as well and asks if he could come down to her flat and Mr Hoppy asks if he could marry her. She said yes. The best part was when Mrs Silver said he could marry her. The worst part was when Mr Hoppy played a trick on Mrs Silver. I recommend it to six, seven, eight or nine year olds, both boys and girls. Rating nine and a half stars out of ten.
Thanks for the review Amy!
Kids’ Review by Rita
Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross
What it’s about – Chilly Milly Moo is about a cow who can’t even make milk in summer and she’s like the other cows. But then in the winter when the farmer milks her she makes ice-cream.
Rating – I thought the book was really good and the pictures were really nice. 5/5 stars because it was funny.
Kids’ Review by Jiya
Thea Stilton and the Dragon’s Code by Thea Stilton
In this one they try and find a missing student in the school cellars. The mouse they find was actually a teacher. The best part was when the mice meet their new teacher. I think this book is written for girls.
I give this book four out of five stars.
Kids’ Review by Sophie
Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy
It was awesome as if it were real. It had lots of maps of places in the kingdom of fantasy. It is an adventure novel in the Geronimo Stilton series, with lots of complications and problems throughout the story. 4 stars.
Review by Sophie
Kids’ Reviews by Lily
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
If you have a great taste for action and adventure, then read this awesome book. It is about a young boy named James Adams, who is chosen for a top secret organisation called CHERUB, where children go on undercover missions and help save Britain. And there’s one key thing: no one suspects that children are spying on them. 5 stars.
Maximum Security by Robert Muchamore This book is great because the author’s writing style ensures full graphic images that you can visualise when you read it.
Reviews by Lily of Ngaio