A BOOK OF REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND OTHER

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THINGS BY THE CHILDREN IN 5TH & 6TH

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EDITED BY : KASSIA BELLE

Book Review

By millie Doyle RyanBook Title: Rat Burger by David Walliams Illustrated by Tony Ross and Published by Harper Collins

The story was set in: An apartment block a warehouse, school and her bedroom

The story was about: The book was about a little girl named Zoe who sets out to save her pet rat from being turned into a burger and she gets her dad back who used to work in an ice

cream factory and they become best friends again and build an ice-cream van………

Main character’s: Zoe ,Dad ,Shyla, Armitage And Burt

The cover:

The cover gives a bit of the book away

If I was to put a different cover on the book it would be Burt’s burger van with Rat Burger on the side for the title

And Burt and Shyla inside and Zoe on her dads shoulders holding Armitage and an ice-cream.

Was the story credible No the story was NOT credible at all

The ending

If I was to write a better ending I would would write

Zoe and her dad moved into a nicer apartment block

And live happily ever after

Write to a film director

To whomever this may concern

I think this book should be turned into a film it would attract loads of children please take this into consideration

Yours sincerely MILLIE DOYLE RYAN

Actor

Zoe: Mimi Kirkland

Zoe’s dad: Marin Freeman

Shyla: Rebel Wilson

MY BOOK REVIEW BY KATIE RYAN

BOOK TITLE:MR STINK

The title of the book was Mr Stink.

The author of the book was David Williams. The book is illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was published by Harper Collins. I wanted read this book because it looked interesting. The story was set in a town where most of David Walliams books are.

The story was about a tramp that brings a family closer together and shows there is more to us than you think or what meets the eye. The cover gives away the main charters and nothing else. If I was to provide a picture for the cover I would provide a picture of the whole family and Mr stink. I think the story credible.

If I was to write a better ending to the story I would write that Mr Stink stays with Chloe and the family. If I was to write to a film director on why the book would make a great film.

1.It is a very funny book.2.It is a lovely story and a lovely read. If I was to get famous movie stars I would get Selena Gomez as Chloe .Bono as Mr Stink.

Book Review by Laura Phelan

Book Title : You’re A Bad Man Mr Gum

The title of the book I read is “You’re a bad man Mr Gum.”

It was wrote by Andy Stanton ,it was illustrated by David Tazzyman and it was published by Egmont.

I really wanted to read this book because my friend told me that it was an interesting and funny book.

The story was set in a small village called Lamonic Bibber .

The story is about a man named Mr Gum and he is absolutely filthy his house is filthy, he is filthy but there is one thing that is not filthy…His garden because of an angry fairy that lives in his bathtub . If the garden is any bit dirty she comes up from the dirty plughole of the bathtub and starts hitting him on the

back with a frying - pan . But there was a beast ( a big dog named Jake ) and he absolutely loved rolling around and

messing up gardens. And the bad thing was he found out about Mr Gums garden and I think we all know what he did next!!!!!!.

I don’t think the cover of the book gives anything away because it is only Mr Gum on the cover

If I was to provide a cover for the book I would put Jake rolling around in the garden Polly and Friday o Leary peeping over the

fence and Mr Gum asleep in his house.

I don’t really think that this story was credible because of the way that there was a fairy living in his bath tub !!

If I was to put a better ending to the story I would do : Jake magically comes back to life by another fairy ,so then the two

fairy’s start to have a huge argument and in the end they settle it by having a garden-off !!!!!!!!!!! And you’ll see who

wins in the next book

So if I was to write to a film director I would say to him that I’ve read a brilliant book and I was wondering could you make it

into a book because I think that it is very good and I think that you could do a lot with it and make as good as the book

Also if I was to cast actors and actresses for the film I would put:

Ian McShane As: Mr Gum

Taylor Lautner As: Jake

Ann Hathaway As : Polly

Leonardo di Caprio As : Friday O Leary

Benedict Cumberbatch As : the butcher

Cameron Diaz As the Fairy

Meryl Streep As Mrs Lovely

By Laura Phelan

Book Review by Jay Maguire

Book Title: City Of Ashes by Cassandra Clare Book Review by Jay Maguire

This story took place in Manhattan, Manhattan is just as you know it, always busy noisy non-stop and just not a very good

place to live. If you are a shadow hunter and you live in Manhattan you have probably met a demon or a down-worlder

and you know how powerful they are.

The main characters in this story are Clary, Simon, Jace and Alec. Clary has been hidden away from the shadow-hunter world and has no idea it existed until one night at a disco she discovers it all. Jace is very sure of himself and he always keeps his cool and stays calm. Simon is your usual modern day boy but his world gets changed when Clary introduces him to her world. Alec is Jace’s fighting partner he always has Jace’s back.

My favourite character in the story is probably Jace even though he is a little bit full of himself he is always calm cool and collected and he saves pretty much everyone’s life. It was a close one for my favourite character between Clary and Jace but he came out on top in the end.

The plot of this story is just that Clary is new to the world of the shadow-hunters and she has not talked to Jace since she was at Renwick’s.

The movie stars that I would choose for the books are Josh Hutcherson as Jace, Alexandra Daddario as Clary, Logan Lerman as Alec, Selena Gomes as Isabelle, Sean bean as Luke, Jonathon Lipnicki [child version] as max. Maggie smith as Marsye, Alan Rickman as Robert and Robert Pattinson as simon.

Book Review by Kassia-Belle McNamaraTully

Book Title: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

By Rick Riordan

This story is set in New York and in Camp Half-Blood

And also in the Sea of Monsters.

In this story Thalias tree is dying and therefore so is Camp Half-Blood and there is only one thing that can save it, the golden fleece ,so they all have to set off across the Sea of Monsters ,

The cover gave a bit away as the story was about the Sea of Monsters and on the cover there was a picture of the Sea of

Monsters

If I were to provide a picture for the cover I would put a picture of Percy slaying a monster in the Sea of Monsters

During the book there was a bit of a climax when Percy is turned into a guinea-pig by Circe. Or when Polyphemus cuts the

rope bridge as the group are a trying to get away from his island, home of the Golden Fleece.

Just like every book, it has to come to an end and this one was fantastic, it went like this :Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover

hitch a lift home with Chiron the centaur and Clarisse hangs the fleece up and Camp Half-Blood is saved.

This book was very good and extremely credible and I would recommend this book to anyone as it is a fantastic book and so

are all others I have read by Rick Riordan

If I were to pick any movie stars to be cast as the characters in this book I would choose:

Percy Jackson: logan lurman

Annabeth Chase: Alexandra Dadario

Grover Underwood: Brandon.T.Jackson

Thalia Grace: Paloma Kwiatkowski

Tyson: Douglas Smith

Posiedon: Kevin McKidd

Zeus: Sean Bean

Hades: Steven Coogan

Thanks for listening,bye

By Kassia-Belle McNamara Tully

My Book Review By Áine DugganBook Title ; Harry Potter the Chamber of

Secrets by J.K Rowling

The publisher of Harry Potter is Bloomsbury. I wanted to read this book because my sister told me it was fantastic. The story

is based in Hogwarts school of magic.

The book is about young boy named Harry Potter and his parents were killed when he was very young, and grew up with

his Aunt and Uncle the Dursleys. When Harry was at school something very unusual was going on. There was a rumour that

the chamber of Secrets was opened again.

I like the way the cover tells you a bit of the story and it makes you want to read it!!!!!!! And I would not dream of changing it. The story of Harry Potter is in a fantasy world of witches and

wizards. If I was to make a better ending I would probably write this : Harry got on to the Hogwarts Express and gave Ron and Hermione the Dursleys phone number because he showed Mr Weasley to use the phone and they played wizard chess the

whole way to Kings Cross.

If I was to write to a film director to do a re-make of the movie of Harry Potter I would tell him that it would make a brilliant

movie because its mysterious and an exciting book which you can read over and over again.

By Kate Doyle I wanted to read this book because I love the author and the title appealed to me. The story was set in modern times. The story was about a gangsa granny that loved cabbage and her grandson “Ben” that thought his granny was a normal and boring but was very wrong at least he thought he was…they set out on an adventure of a life time to steal the crown of jewels. The cover of the book gives you a brief idea of the story. If I could provide a different picture to the book I would give the picture of Ben and his granny on the mobility scooter. The story was not very credible, I think a better ending to the story would be where ben becomes a plumber, his granny gets a faster scooter and bens parents fulfil their dream of being a professional Ballroom dancer and go on to win lots of competitions. I think this book would make a great film because a lot of children like David Walliam’s and it would make a good film and it’s a great story if I had to give in ideas for actors I would give in Toby Murray as ben and June brown as granny . There was 296 pages in this book and if was asked to rate on a scale on one to ten I would give it a nine. David Walliams wrote a collection of books including :billionaire boy, the boy on the dress ,awful auntie, rat burger and many, many more .I would recommend this book to young readers from ages eight to twelve . I liked this book because it is different from a lot of books, I find Raj’s crazy deals quite funny. The reason why I

Book ReviewOn gangsta granny

By David Walliams

Published by harper Collins

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like David Walliams so much as an author is because he’s stories are humorous and the pictures make the book flow a lot more swiftly.

MY BOOK Review BOOK TITLE: BILLIONAIRE BOY BY DAVID WALLIAMS

The title of the book I read was Billionaire boyThe author was David Walliams, and the publisher was Harper Collins.I wanted to read this book because it really appealed to me when I read the back of it.This story was set in bum fresh tower and a school.The story was about a young boy called Joe and his father is a billionaire and all Joe wants is for people to like him for who he is and not for his money.Does the cover give anything away about the book no it doesn’tIf I was to provide a picture or a photo for the book I would provide a picture of bum fresh tower and Joe and Bob standing in front of it.If I was to say the story was credible or not I would say no it wasn’t but it was very funny.If I was to write a better ending to the story I would write Joes dad buys a nice Old house and Joe’s mam coms back and lives with them.If a film director asked my opinion why this book would make a great film I would say it would make a great film because it would be really funny and it would get a lot more people reading David Walliams books.If I was to cast famous actors in the leading roll I would cast Zach Ephron as Joe, Daniel Craig as Joe’s dad, and Selena Gomez as Lauren and Will smith as Bob.

BY NONIE LAVELLE

My Book ReviewPercy Jackson and the

Lightning Thief

The author of my book is Rick Riordan and the publisher is Disney Hyperion.

I wanted to read this book because my friends were reading it and it sounded very interesting so I wanted to read it to see

what it was about.The main place in the book was actually nowhere because it

was set in all different places.The story was about when Percy got the choice to use the gem to save his mother or to get out of the danger that was there

but he used the gem on himself because his mam told Percy to use the gem on him not on her but it doesn’t say what

happened to his mam anywhere.The cover of the book gave nothing away because it just has a

picture about Percy and a dragon it doesn’t have anything interesting on it but the book was still good.

If I was to provide a book cover I would put a picture of Grover, Percy and his mam.

The story was credible when the half bull half man ran at Percy in the grass on top of the hill. If I was to provide a better ending to the story I would have Grover and Percy being best friends

again and Percy would move back to his old house and his mam would still be alive.

If I could write to a film director I would say that it would make a great film because there would be a half man half bull in it

and people would pay to see it.If I could cast a film star in it I would put in Johnny Depp

because he would make a great hero in it I would cast Niall Horan as Grover and I would cast Harry Styles as Percy Jackson because Percy is the main child of the Lightning Thief and Harry

Styles is the main teenager in one direction so that is kind of the same and it would work well.

Book review by Billy Drennan

BOOK REVIEW BY KELLYANNBOOK TITLE: PERCY JACKSON AND

LIGHTENING THEIF

The Author of this book is Rick Riordan The Publisher of this book was Walt Disney I really wanted to read this book because my friends were telling me it was a really good book. When I got of the book I couldn’t take my eye off the book.

The story was set in and around New York.The story was about Percy and his friends Grover and Annabeth. They were sent on a quest to find the lighten bolt and return it to Zeus the God of all gods. So they went to the underworld were Hades lived.( They were convinced that Hades took it on Zeus). Hades told them he didn’t have it but what he did have was Percy’s Mother. Just after leaving Hades, Percy realised that Ares set this all up with someone that was a half blood. They returned the lighten bolt and gave it to Zeus. When all three of them arrived they all got ready to

go back home. Percy didn’t know what to do. He met Luke who tried to kill Percy but he only injured him bad.If I was to provide a cover for this book I would draw Percy in the middle of the cover. Annabeth and Grover on either side with Percy holding the lighten bolt. Maybe Grover flying with the shoes that Luke gave them. Annabeth could be putting on her invisible cap that her Mother gave her.I was able to picture the enter book of Percy and what he did in the book. I was in a world of Gods then a world that monsters lived in. Anything I

write stories from now I will put in satyrs and centres. It was full of imagination.

If I was to write a better ending to book it would be while Percy and Luke were in the forest with no body in the forest. The same spot were Percy broke the magic spear. Luke handed Percy a can of coke. “Thanks, Luke. I don’t know that I should stay here because I really enjoy staying here or I should go home to my mother who I miss dearly” said Percy. “Well that is an answer you can only answer at the end of that it is up to you not me.” Luke was right. Suddenly he pulled out something from his pocket it was the flying shoes but

how they fell on prism. “The shoes were meant for you not that goat. Theses shoes were supposed to pull you down the prism.” He drew out his sword and drew out my Riptide. We fought for a while, when I hit my sword on his chest. He was badly hurt across. I had a little bit of pity for him. He stood up and said “this is not the END Percy.” He stood up and flew off with his magic shoes. IS THIS THE END………. If I was to write to a Director to turn this book in to a film I would write: Dear Mr Director I have a

couple of ideas why to turn Percy Jackson And The Lighten Thief.

1.It would be a good idea to make it a film for kids, adults and for the family.

2.It is a good idea for people’s imagination 3.It can inspire people to write stories about

satyrs, centres and many more. 4.Who would I cast as the main characters

would be Liam out of 1D to be Percy Jackson. For Grover I would cast Zayn out of 1D. For Annabeth I would cast Demi Lovato. This is the book cover to Percy Jackson And The Lightening Thief.

Book review by James Darcy

The Title: MOONE BOYThe Authors: Chris O’Dowd & Nick V. Murphy

The Publisher: MacmillanI wanted to read this book because : I saw it on TV and saw the

book on the internetThe story is set in: Boyle County Roscommon

The story is about: An 11 year old boy and is the only boy in his family his best friend told him why not get an imaginary friend and he did but he did not like his fist one so he trades him for a

less loopy if (imaginary friend)If you were to provide a picture for the book what would you

provide: Martian and Sean running after loopy Lou I wanted to read this book because I heard about it and I saw it on TV.

Was this story credible: Yes it is credible

Write to film director and give him a reason why this book would make a great film: this would make a good make

because it’s a great comedy.Who would you cast as the roles: will smith as Sean, Adam

Sandler as martin, Daniel Craig as Padraig, Adam West as loopy Lou, Andrew Garfield as Liam, Halle Berry as Sinead, Jamie Foxx

as Paddy.

Book Review by Daniel HanrahanBook Title: Diary of a wimpy kid Rodrick rulesAuthor: Jeff KinneyI wanted to read this book because I heard it was a good book and I’d never read it beforeThe story setting was in Greg’s houseThe story was about at the start of the story Greg’s dad signed Greg up for swimming lessons and he did not want to goDoes the cover give anything away about the book? No it does not give anything away about the bookIf you were to provide a picture or photo for the book cover, what would you provide? Rodrick hiving a party and he get given out toWas the story credible? Yes it was credibleWrite a batter ending to the story. At Rodrick talent show no one shoes up and then Rodrick starts shouts at GregWrite to a film director and give reasons why the book would make a good film. It is very funny and when he goes to play and his mam comes with him

Boy in a dress report by David Sherman

The title of the book is boy in a dress.The author of boy in the dress is David Wallaims.The publisher of boy in the dress is Harper Collins.I wanted to read this book because I read Mr Stink and it was very good.The story was set in Dennis’s house, his best friend’s house, in school and raj’s shop.The story was about a boy who likes dresses and football. One day he went to his friend’s house and she though he would pass as a girl so she made an orange dress and put a whole load of make up on him so the teachers will not but will he get passed the teachers the next day at school or will the teachers find out.The cover does not give anything away about the book because there is no dress on the cover there is only a football on it.If I were to provide a cover for the book I would probably put Dennis in an orange dress, a lot of make-up, a wig on and high heels kicking a football with his friend Lisa and Darvesh.The story was credible because it is not impossible to dress us as a girl and play football or fool a shopkeeper or a teacher.

If I were to write a better ending to the story I would write they told everyone that the Headmaster dressed up as a girl and he retired and Dennis got his place back in the school.If I to write to a film director to give reasons why the book would make a great film I would probably say ,it would make a great film because you could see him dress up as a girl and put on all his make-up, near the end of the book you could see them dress up as girls and play the soccer game and you could see Dennis and Lisa catch the Headmaster red handed dressed up as a girl and it would be really funny.If I was asked to cast film stars as the actors I would cast Jack Griffo as Dennis, Sandra bulk As Lisa,Andrew Garfield As Darvesh,Will Smith As Sean,As Dennis dad Robert Downey.