Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers-By Megan McDonald

This book is about a boy called James Moody. But everyone calls him Stink. He is even called that by his own parents. One day Stink went on a field trip to the Stinky-Section of the Museum. He was so good at the Smelly questions and was prepared to sniff the stinkiest of stinks. When they were on the bus Mrs D handed them brochures for the Stinkiest Sneakers Competition. Of course Stink wanted to enter. He had the worst sneakers in the world.

On the day of the competition Mrs D came running up to Stink and his friend, Sophie of the Elves. She said that one of the judges was sick and couldn't judge the competition. Stink knew what that meant. Stink would probably do anything to save the competition. He said that he would be a judge for the day. The competition was saved. When the competition started Stink had no idea which one was which. All they were called was 67 or 23. He walked around sniffing all the sneakers taking notes like 59: smells of cat pee 11: Something the cat dragged in.

When he came to number thirty nine he knew he had a winner. He wrote in thick bold writing, WINNER. At the end when numbers 45 and 71 were announced runners up Stink went over to competitors and wished Sophie good luck. When number thirty nine was anounced the winner Sophie came up to collect her prize. She got the giant clothes peg award. It was a huge trophy with a giant clothes peg on top. The trophy said 'Sophie of the Elves, 1st place'.

This book was written by Megan McDonald
I give this book a 9.75/10

Twist Cottage-By Anthony Horowitz

This book is about a thirteen year old boy named Ben. He has a pretty old Dad that works at Bristol University and plays with him in the weekends. His Mother Died in a car crash when he was one. Often they needed a Nanny to look after him. But now his Dad thought it is OK without one as he thought he was old enough. One day Ben's Dad, Andrew, Came home with a younger, better looking woman. Andrew introduced her as Luise. About a week later Luise stayed the night for the first time. Ben knew there was something wrong then. Then Luise started demanding things, getting drunk and spending more and more time in bed.

One day, Andrew built up the courage to ask Luise for a divorce. She took this as a serious offence and started threatening him about what she would do if he divorced her. She was going to take all the stuff he owns. She one day came up with the idea that they had to move house. Andrew chose a house in the middle of a forest called Twist Cottage. The day before they moved in Ben went to his friend's house. His sister was a secretary for the person selling them the house. She said that 6 women had died there within a month of the purchase. But no male had ever died there. When Ben got home he asked his dad about this. His dad completely ignored him.

So they moved in. Luise was pacing in front of the fish pond. He then saw a slithering creature heading towards Luise. Imagine his surprise when he saw it was the garden hose. As it crept Luise-bound it hissed at Ben. He hid behind the glass french doors and watched as the hose pushed her in. He hesitated a bit and then ran out to pull her out of the fish pond. What a surprise, as he saved her life she started getting angry at him.

A week later Andrew went to the supermarket to get the groceries. He left Ben at home with Luise. Luise was sunbathing and listening to her iPod. Ben saw a huge beast lurking around the house. It came in the path of Luise. She was listening to her iPod so couldn't hear the lawn mower coming straight for her or Ben screaming at her. Once again Ben hide behind the glass french doors. In a twist of bloody body bits and broken bits of lawn mower he knew that Luise was dead.

Luckily his Dad just came home. When he heard she had died all he did was smile faintly and rustled Ben's hair. Ben followed his Dad into the Study and Ben saw a huge stack of books. He saw one that was lying open face down. He took a look and it said CURSES. He flipped to the open page and saw Twist Cottage written in bold writing. He read on and it said that once a witch lived in Twist Cottage. she was married to a man who then got a divorce with her. She put a curse on the Cottage so that every Female that lay foot on twist Cottage shall die. She did this because she blamed females for all the troubles in her life.


I give this book an 7.9/10.
This book was written by Anthony Horowitz.
I recommend this book for boys who don't wet their pants aged 8-12.

The Adventures of Captain Underpants -By Dav Pilkey

This book is about a loony guy in his underpants called Captain Underpants. This book has lots of laughs and is amazingly awesome. It also has Flip-O-Rama, The cheesy animation process.

George and Harold are at the big school football game. It was the Knuckleheads (them) vs. the Stinkbugs (not them). The cheerleaders came on the field. Then lots of pepper came down all over them. They all started sneezing. Next the band came on. Loads of bubbles came out of the instruments. Then came the players. They were having trouble not to slip on the bubble mix. The Knuckleheads captain kicked the ball up into the air. It kept on going up and up untill no one could see it in the sky. George and Harold to come to his office. With a sense of dread in there stomachs they proceeded to his office. They watched Mr Krupp's videos of there behind the scenes antics.

George and Harold hypnotised him after 4-6 weeks of pure hard out blackmail. Mr Krupp turned into a chicken, a monkey, and best of all (or maybe worst) he turned to Captain Underpants. He stopped two evil robots and a bald guy in a diaper. (with help from George and Harold). With the police gone at the police station they hung Dr Diaper on a pole.

I give this book a 6.9999999/10
This book was written by Dav Pilkey
I recommend for boys aged 6 to 11

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone-By J.K Rowling

This story is about a baby named Harry Potter. The boy who lived. His parents died when he was a baby. They were killed by Lord Voldemort. Ten years later Harry lives in a closet under the stairs with his cousin Dudley, his uncle Vernon and his aunt Petunia. All of which hate him. One day he received a letter from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But he doesn't get the letter. Uncle Vernon stole it from him before he could read it. Eventually thousands of letters started flooding in through the chimney. Uncle Vernon gave up and moved to a hut on a rock at sea. Finally Harry gets the letter and is allowed to go to Hogwarts.

First the giant named Hagrid takes him to Diagon Alley to get all he needs for school. When he goes to school he is put into Gryffindor house with his new friend Ron Weasley and the "know it all" Hermione. Draco Malfoy was put in Slytherin, Gryffindor's worst enemy. Professor Snape is a potions teacher and will do anything to get Harry in trouble. Harry finds the mirror of Eredise. A mirror that shows someone's deepest hope. Harry, of course, saw himself with family.

When Snape is acting suspiciously at a Quiditch match, Hermione temporarily sets him on fire. And when a giant troll came into the school, why did Professor Snape go the way it came from? Harry and Ron accidentally lock the troll in the Girl's Toilets where Hermione was! Ron and Harry go in and outsmart the troll before they stab him in the nostril with Harry's wand and then Ron stole the cub and smashed it on the head. INSTANT KNOCKOUT!!!

When they ask Hagrid about Snape he accidentally tells them about Nicholas Flamel. After weeks and weeks they finally found out who he was. He was the man who helped Professor Dumbledor create the Philosophers stone. But what is the Philosopher's Stone? A stone that gives ultimate power and eternal life. When the new term starts Snape sent Dumbildor a fake letter from the ministry of magic. Dumbildor flies of to see them. Meanwhile Harry, Ron and Hermione get past Fluffy the three-headed twelve foot tall dog. All it takes is a little bit of good music.

Next to go through was a really stiff trapdoor. Harry stopped playing his flute to open the door and suddenly the dog woke up. Harry passed the flute to Hermione to play while he jumped down the hole. It took about 15 seconds for Harry to hit the ground. Luckily he landed on something plantlike. Then Ron and Hermione come down. Hermione identifies it as a Devil's Snare and knows that it loves dark. But it also has a bad temper. It suddenly grows and starts strangling Harry and Ron. Hermione used her wand to create a fire. The plant shrivelled up and let go of the 'deadly duo'.

Then they go into a room full of birds. There was a door on the other side of the room. They ran over to it and it was locked. Even her 'leveiosa' spell wouldn't make it open. Then they realised three broomsticks resting on the wall. They looked closer at the birds. They were actually keys with wings. The three of them grabbed a broom each and looked for a key that could fit in the lock. Then Harry spotted one with recently handled wings. So the person who was in here before them had used that key. Harry raced towards the key while Ron was above making sure it didn't go up while Hermione was below. Harry used his amazing broomstick skills to get the key. Then the three of them parked their broomsticks on the ground and raced over to the door. Harry shoved the key into the hole with difficulty. But it worked and he turned the handle.

Right before them was a giant chess set with live pieces. Ron is an expert at chess while Harry and Hermione are pretty rubbish. The three of them realised that there were three pieces missing. After ten minutes of intense chess playing Harry got his first move. Then Ron found a crucial move he could do. But he would have to be taken himself. It was the only thing he could do. So he moved to that square. The other teams queen went to that same square. What a sore winner! The queen picked up Ron by the ankle and threw him to the side of the board. Ron was almost unconscious but just managed to say, "take the queen and leave me". Harry took the queen and all the opposing pieces vanished. They had won. Harry and Hermione took one last look at Ron and they advanced through the now unlocked door.

Next was a table with seven goblets. There was a note on the table that had a riddle. There was an empty passage way at the end of the room. Also, The door they had just come through vanished. Then both of them rose to purple flames. They had to get the right goblets to survive. Three of them instantly kill you. Two of them knocked you out for weeks. One of them let you go back through the previous doors. And one of them let you go through the next door. Hermione used her logic to work out which ones were safe. Harry told her to go back through the doors, get Ron, and wright a letter to dumbledor. Hermione drank the right potion and went through the door. As she walked through the fire, she realised it was freezing. Harry then drank the potion that Hermione had told him to drink and walked through the flames. He too, felt a sudden chill go through him. He came out of the freezing fire and found himself in a corridor.

He walked down it causisly. After about a minute he walked into something that looked like an ancient roman arena. He looked down and saw Professor Quirell Staring into the almighty Mirror of Erised. So all that time he had been accusing Snape it was actually Quirell. The teacher who had been frightened when he saw a cat on the fields. Quirell heard his footsteps and turned around. He had been expecting Harry to come. He asked Harry to tell him what he saw in the mirror. Harry saw the stone go in his pocket. Seconds later he felt a sudden weight in his right pocket. Harry lied and said he saw himself as normal. Then there was a loud voice, booming 'He lies'. Quirell asked him again. Harry fell silent and ran away. Quirell snapped his fingers and fire burst up around the edge of the arena. Quirell unravelled his Turpin. He spun around and the ugliest face revealed. It was Him-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (a.k.a Voldemort). Voldemort lept at Harry willingly. As soon he touched him he started burning up. This was caused from love. Harry's Mother, Lily,Had sacrificed herself to save Harry when he was a baby.

I give this book a 10/10
This book was written by J.K Rowling
I recomend this book for adventure loving boys aged 10-14

The Invasion of the Dinner Ladies-By Michaela Morgan

This book is a book about a fun loving, bad singing fat cook named Mrs Cookson ,(also known as Cookie). One day Cookie is fired. She is replaced with super cheap, very healthy bang up-to-date dinner ladies. They feed the children sausages in a tube and Broccoli liquid in a tin. The parents come the next night to see what the new system is. At first the parents are completely fooled but they find out. They also accidently destroy the dinner ladies and have a massive food fight. Some how the infants are the only ones who are on their best behavior.

This book was written by Michaela Morgan
I give this book a 5.2/10

Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid-By Megan McDonald

This book is about a very funny boy named James, but he is always called Stink (even by his own parents). At only 1 metre and 12 centimetres he is the shortest person in class 2D. But one day he is mesured by his sister Judy and he is half a centimetre shorter. Judy tries to make him taller, as do his parents but all they can do is accidently turn his hair orange. He goes to school the next day and comes home with Newton, the class Newt. He once again is mishelped by his sister Judy and loses the cutest pet ever. If you meet him don't mention sushi. Stink has always been a huge fan of the fourth American president James Madison. That is just reassured at the end of the book when he receives from the Governor the James Madison piece and the Friendship Medal of honour.

This book was written by Megan McDonald
This book was illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
I give this book a rating of 9.9/10

Schools at War!-By Dianne Bates

This book is an awesome story about two schools named the By-Gum Young Gentleman's College and the Lah-Dee-Dah Young Ladies Academy. Between them is the Teeny Weeny Kids' Kindy. One day both schools get a new student. They had once burnt down their preschool (being worth ten caret of gold they were both expelled) together when they were 4. The two schools get into a cross war and a terrible accident occurs. (Involving two expensive cars and lots of arguments)

This book was written by Dianne Bates and Bettina Guthridge.
This book is funny and is set in a variety of places.
I give this book a rating of 6.9/10