This is what learning looks like when I am not at school
By Joy Cowley
156 pages
William and Melissa are off to their grandparents’ house, to help them with jobs. They are also getting paid $1000 each for their help. They must show great character to get the jobs done, or the money will become a distant dream.
This was a great book, and I give it 9/10
By Michael Oehley
332 pages
Daren Saner is a boy living on the starship Superia. One day, he goes into a secret room, and discovers a crystal which takes him to a past life on a planet his people lived on long ago. This crystal is the key to saving the starship, as it’s master computer is out of control. Can he do it, or will the starship meet an explosive end?
This was a very interesting book, and I enjoyed it heaps! I give it a 10/10.
By Joy Cowley/Gavin Bishop
114 pages
Snake and Lizard are very good friends, and they love helping others in the community (for a small fee, of course). Their adventures often teach them lots, and they enjoy them greatly. There is also some bickering, though…
This was a very good book, and I give it a 9/10
By Jack Lasenby
141 pages
Jack’s Grandparents love to entertain their child. Whenever he goes to their house, they entertain him with wild and wacky stories, and always compete against each other, in an epic story smack-down!
This was a great book, and I give it a 7/10
By Maurice Gee
186 pages
Things change for Susan and Nick, who had lived relatively normal lives, apart from a strange birthmark on Susans wrist, with two interlocking parts shaped like teardrops, one part red, the other brown. They are summoned to the planet O, where man has ruined the planet, and torn themselves in half, good and evil. Led by Otis Claw, the cruel halfmen wish to take over O, and Earth. Can Susan and Nick stop them, or will they fail, as Otis Claw wishes?
This was a super good book, and I can’t wait to read the next one! I give it a 10/10, and recommend it to literally anyone who can read!
By Rhys Darby
189 pages
Buttons was sent off to a boarding school on an island in the middle of nowhere. There are mysterious things happening there, like an owl-guy living in a hut, or a strange ritual the teachers all perform. And what is Dynamo!?! Buttons must get his diary published, so that everyone will know what is really going on…
I really enjoyed this book. It was silly and funny, and I recommend it to everyone, and give it an 8/10!
By Gareth Ward
350 pages
Sin is a 14 year old boy, living on crime. When offered a way out of this lifestyle, Sin accepted, and joined COG, the Covert Operations Group, an organisation formed to prevent war. When Sin is framed, and sent out of COG, he has one chance to get back in. To do so, however, he must work with the school bully, Velvet Von Darque. Can he do it, or will he be going back to the streets?
This was a very good book, and I very much enjoyed it. I give it a 10/10 and recommend it to everyone.