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Warriors: The Lost Warrior by Erin Hunter

Warriors: Rise of the Scourge by Erin Hunter

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Big Nate: In A Class By Himself by Lincoln Peirce

We had a great time with a visit from our friend Monty who showed us a selection of graphic novels and junior comics. We are getting a lot more of these in the collection and it was fun to see so many different styles. Black and white, no words, full page illustrations, panel illustrations, true stories and super heroes, were just some to flick through.

We also played charades, reviewed the historical books that we had read over the last month and had a little party for our mid year – the chippies went pretty quickly!

Here’s a selection of some of the comics we recommend:

The unsinkable Walker Bean / written and illustrated by Aaron Renier.

A comic adventure set in a land of pirates, mermaid witches, magic and slowly revealed secrets with slightly terrifying moments it  will have you ever so slightly spooked and intrigued. Delicately drawn with occasional double page spreads that blow you away. Walker is also an inventor, good soul, master-planner and maker of friends – bit of everything really and better for it…

Goosebumps HorrorLand #17: The Wizard of Ooze by R. L. Stine

The Complete Peanuts, 1965 – 1966 by Charles M. Schulz

It is funny as all of them are! Five stars and a billion hearts! I cannot get enough of peanuts! 5 stars.

Review by Emily of Newlands

Amulet. Book one, The stonekeeper by  Kazu Kibuishi.
“After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids’ mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves.” (Syndetics summary)

Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley’s journal by Jeff Kinney.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.(Syndetics summary)

EJ12: On the ball  by Susannah McFarlane.

 In this installment Special Agent EJ12 must discover the spy at SHINE’s top secret training camp, meanwhile her alter ego Emma Jacks worries about getting into the soccer team. Sometimes it seems easier to save the world…

The faceless ones by Derek Landy

In the third book of this series Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie have to solve a whole bunch of murders, stop the Faceless Ones from returning, and oh yeah, save the world by Friday. This blend of humour and horror has earnt several awards.

The gates / by John Connolly.
“In this frothy fantasy thriller from bestseller Connolly (The Book of Lost Things), 11-year-old Samuel Johnson witnesses an inadvertent intersection of science and the supernatural while trick-or-treating at the Abernathy household in Biddlecombe, England. Something nasty reaches through an atomically engineered portal to Hades and possesses four suburban sorcerers. From that point on, Samuel finds himself battling hordes of invading demons and desperately trying to convince disbelieving adults that the impending end of the world is not a fancy of his overactive imagination. Connolly plays this potentially spooky scenario strictly for laughs, larding the narrative with droll jokes, humorous asides and the slapstick pratfalls of Nurd, an amusingly incompetent subdemon whom Samuel ultimately befriends. Though billed as “an adult book for children,” this light fantasy will strike even adult readers as divertingly whimsical. (Oct.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.” (Publisher Weekly)

Amulet. Book one, The stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi.

It is very exciting for all ages.

This is another awesome read from the creators of the Adventures of Captain Underpants.  It’s about two cavemen named Ook and Gluk who were accidentally sent into the future and befriend a master martial arts teacher. That’s why they get to learn Kung-Fu. It is absolutely hilarious and a complete riot. It even has the flip o rama pages which you can flick back and forth. So head on down the library and check out The Adventures of Ook and Gluk the Kung-fu Cavemen from the Future.

Duncan read the book There’s a Worm on My Eyeball by Adam Taor. It tells you where the best place to live is plus lots of details of stuff living inside you as well. He likes it for because it has lots of information about insects. He gives it a 100% rating.

Benjamin read the book Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. He really liked the action filled book specially when they get attacked by fire breathing metal bulls. It is truly an exciting book with lots of adventure. He gives it 10 out of 10.

Georgia read another Percy Jackson series, which is Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. She found the book really good and truly awesome because it has lots of fighting and real adventure. She gave it a 9 out of 10.

Nathaniel liked The Complete Peanuts comic book because it was very funny. He gave it a 9.75 out of 10.