Who we are

BookBusters... have fun, read books, solve puzzles, write stories, draw pictures, win prizes!

BookBusters is a club just for 7 and 8 year olds. We meet once a month to talk about our favourite books, do activities, and listen to stories. This is our page, check it out!

Joining

If you're not a BookBuster, but would like to be...

If you're 7 or 8, or when you turn 7, you can sign up and become a BookBuster. Come in and see us at one of our 6 BookBuster libraries:

Meetings in 2009

BookBuster meetings are from 4 to 5pm. Here's when they're on in 2009:

Photos

2008 Graduation Ceremony

See if you can spot yourself at the 2008 Christmas graduation!

Tawa 2009

Check out some of the new BookBusters at Tawa!

Book Reviews

Here are some reviews!

Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
Review by Ioana (Kilbirnie BookBuster).
This book is about a farm boy called Eragon and a dragon called Saphira. In the story Eragon goes hunting in the Spine, which is a forest. Then suddenly a blue stone comes out of nowhere. And just from that stone, his life changed a lot.

Finally he ends up helping the Varden fight Galbatorix - the mean, selfish and all-things-bad ruler.

The main characters are:
Eragon: a dragon rider who is good
Saphira: Eragon's dragon who is a brave dragon girl
Brom: A brave, helpful, honest man who helps Eragon learn to fight
Arya: A brave elf princess who is great at fighting
Durza: A bad, powerful wizard you would not like to meet
Urgals: Big, fat, mean monsters who kill people and are very dumb
Murtagh: A kind, helpful person and the "best" at fighting who is friends with Eragon.

I chose to read this book because I got it on Christmas day and my dad wanted to start reading it to me. I was lucky he did or I would have missed the best book in the world. I say it's even better than Harry Potter.

The story takes about three months to finish if you read one chapter nearly every night. It is nearly 500 pages long.

If I could only tell you one thing about the book it would be that it is about Eragon the dragon rider and his dragon Saphira. They have a lot of adventures together and together are the most powerful and strongest people in the world. I give this book 100 stars out of 10.

The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton.
Review by Harriet.
Famous Five is all about four children called Anne, Julian, Georgina, Dick and their dog Timmy on their wild fun adventures. The author of this book is Enid Blyton. My favourite character is Anne. There is about 20 [books in the] series. I rate this book 10 out of 10.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling.
Review by Luke.
Read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! Go to Hogwarts and rescue the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort (the Dark Lord).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
Review by Georgina.
I like Harry, Ron and Hermione and all the rest but my top favourite is Harry. My favourite part is when Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on a great big adventure that seems to follow Harry everywhere from the letters to the school to the stone. Find out more when you read the book. Happy reading!

Your reviews here

If you'd like to see your review up on this page, bring it to your next Bookbuster's meeting.

Write it in your journal (ask your Chief Bookbuster to photocopy it) or on a separate bit of paper, and hand it in. That way, all the bookbusters will be able to read it!

You can also write a review for our Book Reviews page! Write your review here to see your review on the Book Reviews page - we'd love to hear from you!