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Review: Endymion Spring

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Matthew Skelton – Endymion Spring

  • Publisher: Puffin
  • number of pages: 444
  • Part of a series: No
  • Contents:
    Blake is a boy, living together with his mother and little sister in Oxford, St. Jerome´s College. Often he spends his time in the library. One day he finds a strange book, which bites him and has first only blank pages and then after a few moment suddenly appearing letters. The letters aren´t easy to understand for the boy and can only seen by him… Many years before the mystery has begun in dark times…
  • Review:
    The book was recommended to me by a friend and it was real fun to read it. But because I only read it in the evenings it took long time to read it and I often forgot important things. So it is my fault and nothing wrong withe the book that I could not say it is wonderful. I think I can recommend it to all readers of exciting, mystery books but you have to read it without long breaks to have much fun.
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Review: Daydream Dan

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Sarah Garson – Daydream Dan

  • Publisher: Andersen Press
  • number of pages: 24
  • Part of a series: No
  • Contents:
    Dan Moon is a special kid, he is a real daydreamer. But one day in school he thinks he really sees something and tries to warn his teacher. Will she believe him and what will happen on that special day?
  • Review:
    I like this book very much because I love dreams and I like special kids, who have fantasy and own ideas. The picture are wonderfully colored and make children think their own ways and dream. I can recommend it to all adults and teachers.
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Review: Hunger Games 01.

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Suzanne Collins – Hunger Games 01. 

  • Publisher: Scholastic Us
  • number of pages: 454
  • Part of a series: Yes, it is the first part of a trilogy.
  • Contents:
    Katniss is a sixteen years old girl living in future. Her home-country is separated in 12 districts and every year there are the „Hunger Games“, when two kids of each district fight against each other in a cruel reality show.
  • Review:
    I have heard much about this story and was looking forward to read it. I loved Katniss, Peter and some oft the other characters from the beginning till the end. Great how Suzann Collins develops the story. The last 150 pages I was not able to put away the book, me and my boyfriend used almost every minute to read and have been really excited how everything will end. It was wonderful. Hopefully the next part is as good as the first one was. I can recommend it to all readers, which like books, that take place on the future but the have to be old enough. In my opinion the book is nothing for young readers.
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Review: Skulduggery Pleasant

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Derek Landry – Skulduggery Pleasant

  • Publisher: Harper Collins
  • number of pages: 380
  • Part of a series: Yes, there are more parts.
  • Contents:
    The life of the twelve years old Stephanie changes after her uncle has died. He gets a house and meets Skulduggery Pleasant, a living skeleton. Together with him a big adventure begins and Stephanies life isn’t the way it has been before.
  • Review:
    The book was recommended to me of a friend of mine and I loved it the same way she did. The story is great, I like the characters, most Skulduggery and Stephanie. It is unbelievable, how she acts, especial for her young age. I am locking forward to read how live goes on for this special skeleton and tough girl. To lovers of magic I can recommend this book.
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Review: Old MacDonald has a farm

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Karma Wilson – Old MacDonald has a farm

Old Macdonals

  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • number of pages: 4
  • Part of a series: No
  • Contents:
    Old Mac Donald has a farm and we meet many farm-animals and hear their sounds an four clever cut pages.
  • Review:
    I bought this book in Glasgow an had knows the story, which is a song, too, before and was happy to find such a wonderful book. I will take it with me to school and talk with my class about farm-animals and their sounds and sings the song. Sure that will be fun. I can recommend this version aof Old MacDonald especially for the little ones.
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Review: Bear snores on

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Karma Wilson – Bear snores on

  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • number of pages: 40
  • Part of a series: No
  • Contents:
    It is winter and a bear is laying in a cave and snores. When a mouse comes in, he snores on, even as a party takes place close to him. Then he wakes up…
  • Review:
    I bought this book in Glasgow an I loved the bear and the story from the beginning to the end. I like the wonderful, colorful pictures ans the way  the story is told, especially the ending. Sure litle children will love the book, too. I can recommend it to all teachers, adults and all people, who like english picture-books for children.
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Review: Supernaturalist

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Eoin Colfer – Wishlist

  • Publisher: Puffin Book
  • number of pages: 273
  • Part of a series: No
  • Contents:
    Cosmo is a 14-jears old boy and he lives in a gruesome orphanage. One day he runs away and becomes bad injured. He is close to death when he is rescued my a mysterious trio. Together with them he starts to fight against evil parasites, which only a few people are able to see. A big adventure changes the live of Cosmo and many new things make his live special  while not everything is the way it seems to be…
  • Review:
    I loved the stories about Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer and so I decided to read some other books. That was a very good choice. „Wishlist“ , the first other book is a great, but „Supernaturalist“ is much better. I really love this book. It is exciting from beginning to end and I like the story very much because of the wonderful charakters and the way the story goes and how it was able to surprise me many times. The book told me to remember again that the things often are not the way you think when you see them first. It makes you give the things / people a second chance and try to find out how they really are. I can really recommend it to you.
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