Book Reviews
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[PREVIOUS BOOK SPOILERS] Slawter! By Darren Shan. Book Three of the Demonata. A year passes: A year has passed since Dervish Grady, uncle of Grubbitch Grady, has entered the universe of the Demonata to face Lord Loss on the Demon Master’s terms. Meanwhile, his body remains zombified on Earth. At the end of the first book, Grubbs tended to his bodily needs, eating, washing, things that Dervish can no longer do alone. Then Dervish wakes up. Happily Ever After. The End. Or so they thought. A month later, things aren’t going well, Dervish descends into terrifying nightmares every night, often attacking Grubbs in his sleep. Anything sharp has been bordered up and hidden in the mansion. But when two visitors arrive at the door, everything begins to change. The first is a Lambs representative, Prae Athim. After last years’ worrying events when Grubbs’ brother Bill-E became a werewolf, Prae Athim doesn’t believe the cure is all that trust worthy. Bill-E believes Dervish is his father when really is Grubbs’ half brother. The second visitor has arrived on a somewhat lighter note, Davida Haym; a horror film writer has a huge idea on her next creation. Demons. Davida needs Dervish for ‘realism purposes’. Dervish, first apprehensive on the morbid topic, finally agrees. So Grubbs, Bill-E and Dervish are whisked away to the deserted, newly renovated village. Except it’s not deserted. Hundreds of members from cast, crew and family now occupy Slawter. While the rest of the congregation feel safe with the plastic demons Grubbs is not so sure. Disappearances occur, secrecy is everywhere, no way out. Grubbs has no one to trust. Not even his uncle…. Lights,
Camera, Slawter! This is a book that will keep you bound to your chair, seat or bed. The only thing that I saw wrong was the second hand, used up sequel feeling at the beginning, but as the book literally tore on, the feeling quickly evaporated. Darren Shan has not disappointed. Jack
Jackman (6th class).
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A Series of Unfortunate Events- The Bad Beginning Warning to the faint-hearted: do not
pick up this book, just leave it alone. Walk away now. There must be a happy
book somewhere in the bookshop………..still here, well, you’ve been warned.
During a visit to Briny Beach, Sunny,
Klaus and Violet Baudelaire were told that their house was destroyed in a fire.
Their parents had also perished in it. They were sent to a guardian named Count
Olaf who is a notorious villain and a terrible actor. This is a brilliant read
and good for young readers. I’d give it ten out of ten.
By Kevin O’Donnell. "Rocks" (6th Class)
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The Fireworker's Daughter by Philip Pullman. This is a story about a young Chinese girl. Her father is a firework maker. She wants to be a firework maker but her father wants her to get married. This is a very good book with lots of twists; it is short but very good all the same. I’d recommend it for someone who has just started to discover reading. I would give it about seven out of ten.
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Edge Chronicles
Author:
Paul Stewart
Category:
Fiction Main
Characters: Twig, The
Bandabear, Spooler, Professor of light, Professor of darkness, Mothermine, Thorn
and The Stone pilot. The Edge Chronicles is a real page-turner. It keeps you hanging on chapter after chapter. Boy Twig and crew go on an amazing adventure which leaves you on the edge of your seat. The Mother storm is on its way and Santaphrax is in its way. Twig and his crew try to save the people of Santaphrax and let the Mother storm through. If they don’t all life will be lost forever. Twig loses his crew but is very eager to find them. There is only member left to find. Twig goes on a life-risking journey to find the last crewmember. He can only depend on his friend the talking bird. This is a brilliant book, the language is challenging but it is very understanding. I don’t think there is anything else to write about this book. It’s just magnificent!!!! By Cian Byrne (6th Class) |
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The Lord
Loss: Lord Loss,
(by Darren Shan) is the first book in the Demonata series. The main character,
Grubs Grady’s family are chess fanatics. But his family’s getting strange,
letting slip things, which they perhaps shouldn’t. Grubs is noticing it. One
night, his parents sent him to his Aunt’s to attend an alleged ballet. They
bring his older sister Gret. Worried, he sneaks back home to find them dead,
killed by the ruthless demon master Lord Loss and his servants. This leaves
Grubs in a state of mental shock. Later, he goes to live with his strange uncle,
Dervish, who has also confronted demons before… Lord Loss is an excellent
opening for the Demonata. The
Demon Thief: Kernal
Fleck can see lights. They are all shapes, sizes and colours. But these flashing
mysteries have alienated him from other children. He gets increasingly lonely
following a strange occurrence in which Kernal creates a blue window with the
lights, that he enters, which he could not remember. He and his brother Art are
forced to move to the quiet village of Paknison with their parents. Read on as
Kernal discovers he was not meant to be in the world he lived in… Another
thrilling book with non-stop action. Coming
June 2006: Slawter! By
Jack
Jackman (6th Class)
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The
Demon Thief Category: Horror/Fiction Main Characters: Kernal Fleck, Sharmila, Narda, Raz, Beranabus, Shark, Dervish, Art Fleck, and Lord Loss Kernal Fleck is no ordinary child; since he was born he could see strange lights. He asked everybody could they see them too. But the reply was always no. He grew used to the lights and strangely he could touch and move them. When he told someone about the lights they instantly disliked him and they would say something like “go watch some lights freak”. Kernal never had many friends after that but as far as he was concerned all he needed was his little baby brother Art. One night while at home in bed some of the lights (that he can see but no one else could) starts pulsing and when he joins them a portal appears. Suddenly a monster comes out of the portal, looks around the room, frowns and goes back into the portal. Kernal (half wetting himself from the fright of seeing this monster) cautiously steps after after the monster and enters the world of the Demonta! I loved every minute of this book , it’s so entertaining and surprisingly gruesome. This book has loads of twists and turns, nearly every thing is in it: deaths, jokes, adventure, magic, etc. This book combines “Eragon”(by Christopher Paolini) “Darren Shan The Vampire Saga” and even some of the Harry Potter books (by J.K.Rowling) While reading this book I completely lost track of time, one minute- two o'clock, the next- six o'clock. Out of my many favourite books, it’s No 1. Review by Daniel Sinnott (6th Class)
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Fighting Fantasy YOU are the self-less warrior, the brave
adventurer, the strong sword-for-hire in this excellent set of books by Ian
Livingston and Steve Jackson. Determine your luck by the roll of the dice.
Decide which areas to brave and which to not. Fight horrifying, strong and
cunning monsters with skill, stamina, and the strength of your own sword… Record your skill, stamina, luck, magic,
your possessions and treasure on the elaborate score system, and defeat monsters
with strategic attack. A pencil, a rubber, a pair of dice and one of these books
are all you need to embark on this amazing quest, which conclusion is unsure… Start your quest with ‘The Warlock of Firetop Mountain’, compete in ‘The Trial Champions’, seek the pirate-ridden town of Port Black Sand for Zanbar Bone in ‘City of Thieves’ and end your long adventure in ‘Eye of the Dragon’.
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LION BOY Charlie Ashanti and his parents, Magdalene and his giant of a dad Arena live in a huge mansion outside London. His parents are both professors and have studied a series of strange fruits from Ghana in Africa. Charlie is very clever and can speak a lot of languages such as French, Latin, Greek and many others, but the strangest is CAT. One day when he came home from school, his parents were gone. He went on a frightening journey on a police boat across the sea to France to find his parents. Halfway up stream the police boat bumps into a huge crimson and gold coloured ship rapidly flowing downstream. Little doe Charlie know that it’s a circus and it is heading for Paris where his parents are. Neither does he know that it’s going to change his life forever. Find out what happens next in this amazing book by Zizou Corder. Review
by Emmet Connor (6th class)
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