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Title: **The Wooden Horse** Author: **Eric Williams** Date of review: **Monday 28 March 2011** Genre: **Non-fiction adventure** Plot: **Set in World War II, two British prisoners plan an escape from their Nazi captors. They hide their underground tunnel using a wooden vaulting horse. We follow their journey through enemy territory to freedom.** Response: **I thought it was an awesome story and rate it 4.5/5.** **In this book there were long words like reconnaissance which means to explore a place to gather information to be used later.** **If I were one of the characters in the story I wouldn’t of tried to escape because the is a very high chance you will be caught and shot.** **I thought the two British prisoners were very brave.**

Title:**Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredible naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space and the subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchroom zombie nerds.** Author: **Dav Pilkey** Date: **Tuesday 29 March 2011** Genre:**Fiction, action** Plot:**George and Harold play a terrible trick on the lunch ladies so they decide to quit their jobs because they are fed up with George and Harold’s pranks. But then new replacements come in from outer space and try to turn everyone one into evil zombie nerds!** Response: **I thought this book was awesome! But it is very silly. So I would rate it 9/10.**
 * In this book there are middle sized words like determined which means you’re not going to give up on something.**
 * I recommend this book for ages 9-14 and for people who like silly and goofy books.**

Title: **The tunnel** Author: **Eric Williams** Date: D**ate of review Tuesday 29 March 2011** Genre: **Action and adventure** Plot: **During World War II a British flyer gets shot down by a German fighter plane. He is the only one of his crew left alive. So he has to make a daring escape through the forest. He went through a series a prisons and finally got caught with now way out!** Response: **I thought this was a great book rate it 8.5/10.**
 * In this book there were big words like conciliation which means agreement, for example Peter smiled with conciliation.**
 * I recommend this book to people who like war and adventure books.**
 * If I was the person in the story I would have stuck with the first prison camp because the people were nice to him there.**

Title: **Escape alone** Author: **David Howarth** Date: **Tuesday 29 March** Genre: **War and acti**on Plot: **In World War II a British boat gets shot down by a German warship there is only one person left that didn’t get killed or captured, so he has to scramble through the forest, he soon notices that his toe has been shot so he has to go find a Norwegian house to ask for help. (Not a German house because they would shoot him)** Response: **I thought this was a good book. So I would have rate it 7.75/10**
 * This book has very big words like insubstantial.**
 * If I were the guy in the story I wouldn’t have mucked around as much as he did.**
 * I recommend this book to people that like escape stories.**

Title: **The bfg (Big Friendly Giant)** Author: **Roald Dahl** Date of review: **31 May 2011** Genre: **Fiction adventure** Plot: **Sophie was snatched from her orphanage by a giant. He takes her to giant country. He turns out to be friendly because he doesn’t eat her and he keeps her safe from all the giants that eat people. The reason why she gets snatched in the first place is because the giants think that if they are seen by normal people the police will be called and they will be put in the zoo.** Response: **This is a very strange but interesting story and as I like unusual books I rate it 8.5/10.**

Title: One way ticket Author: Anthony Deane-Drummond Date: 23.06.11 Genre: Nonfiction adventure Plot: A group of special air service paratroopers are dropped behind Italian lines during World War II. Their mission is to destroy an enemy aqueduct (which is a bridge that carries water) then escape via navy submarine. Unfortunately they are captured by local farmers and put in prison. Now they must make their escape!!! Response: I would rate this book 8 out of 10 because I find war very interesting, I think it’s funny how the Author keeps making fun of the Italian guards. I also found it very interesting how they escaped even though their plan failed but they still managed to get out of the prison. If I were the main character in the book I would have not of worn the Nazi uniform when I was getting my train ticket.

Title: **Mega Rich**

Author: **Felice Arena and Phillip Kettle**

Date: **10.07.11**

Genre: **Children’s adventure**

Plot: **Two boys called Billy and Sam have a look through a magazine and notice a bike they like (rally 3000). They try selling lemonade to earn the money for the bike but they waste all the lemonade by throwing it at each other. So then they try street performing but that doesn’t work either, so they give up and go to the park to play soccer.**

Response: **I thought this book was ok but I would make it** **longer and make the two boys try more ways to make money to buy the bike, so I would have to rate this 6/10.**


 * If I were one of the two boys in this book I would have tried more ways to make money.**

**Reading log** Title: Olympic Champions Author: Felice Arena and Phillip Kettle Date: 14.07.11 Genre: Children’s adventure Plot: Two boys called Con and Josh have their very own Olympics in Con’s back yard. First they try shot put (with a brick that Con found in his back yard).But they hit one of Con’s Mum’s very special lawn gnomes. Next they try long jump by jumping one of Con’s old mattresses, but Josh falls over into some dog poo when he makes his jump. Response: I thought this book was interesting because I like the idea of having your very own Olympics’ in your back yard. If I were one of the two boys in the book I would have cleaned up the dog food before the Olympics’ started. I would rate this book 7/10 because I enjoyed it but I found it just a little bit boring at the end. I would recommend this book for people ages 7 to 11.
 * I would recommend this book for people ages 7-11.**

Title: **Boyz rule- On The Farm**

Author: **Felice Arena and Phill Kettle**

Date: **Thursday 6 October 2011**

Genre: **Fiction**

Plot: **Two boys one called Tom and one called Joey decide to go one a trip to one of Joey’s Dad’s friend’s farm. When the get there a cow makes a terrible mess of Tom’s shirt that smells really bad.**

Response: **I thought this book was ok and would give it a 6.5/10.**

Title: **Double Cross** Author: **.......Maddox** Date of review: **6 October 2011** Genre: Action Plot: **Two friends are both really good at motor cross but there is only one spot in the team they both want to join. As they try to win the spot for the team someone sabotages their bikes.** Response: **I like this book because I like motorbikes so it interests me I would rate this book 8/10.**
 * I recommend this book for people ages 7-12.**
 * I would recommend this book for people ages 9-13.**