Saturday, 30 April 2011

eagle strike by Anthony Horowitz

Eagle Strike is the fourth book in the series of Alex Rider books written by Anthony Horowitz.
Alex is in France with his friend Sabina on holiday when he see's the man who killed his uncle Yassen Gregorovich he immediately thinks that he was the "gas leak" that blew up Sabina house, coincidence? Probably not...Alex sneaks on to Yessens yacht and looks at his phone and see's that he has Damian Cray as a contact, Yassen finds him creeping around on his yacht and enters him in a bullfight as a punishment. Sabina's father, a journalist, had been working on a story about Damian Cray who's number he found on Yassen's phone and was the intended victim... Alex then finds out that Cray is Attempting to launch nuclear missiles on innoccent people. Alex does everything he can to stop him and in the end he finds himself on AIR-FORCE-ONE with Sabina and Cray trying not to let Damian set off the missiles, and ofcourse, he succeeds... Alex and Sabina are global heroes.
this book was quite good, I would rate it a 7?10

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

This book is the first book (out of the WWI books that I have read) that has really made me think and feel what I was like for the soldiers of the First World War. About how they felt and what they thought.
            The story is based on a boy called Thomas Peaceful who is lying in a trench at night, thinking back to all the precious moments he could remember from his childhood. From his first day at the local school to the time at that moment when he is in the trenches re-living his life, he makes the most of every minute because he knows that the next day could be his dying day.
             His idolised older brother always looks after him no matter what. Which puts Charlie Peaceful (Thomas' older brother) into a very dangerous position. Thomas is put through the many of the dangers and horrors of the War. Some of these horrors are; seeing his friends he had known all his life die all around him, and a deadly gas attack with his whole life held on the reliability of a gas mask.

Flabbergasting!!!!! An absolutely unbelievable read. Phenominal! 10/10!

The recruit

The recruit is a great book about a boy called James and his sister Lauren one night her mum dies i wont tell you how. Then Lauren goes of with James uncle Ron.James goes to Nebraska house and it is a foster home. His roommate is called Kyle. Then nobody tells him were he is going but he needs to pack up his stuff. He realizes Kyle is coming with him. James gets told were he is going later on. He is going to CHERUB a camp for boys and girls who are good at things. James has to do a 100 day course before he could go on a mission. The thing is can he complete it. I would give this book a 9/10.
C.H

Monday, 25 April 2011

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire is the 4th book in the 7 book series. In Harry, Ron and Hermione's 4th year at Hogwarts, the tri-wizard cup comes to Hogwarts. At the beginning of the book Harry is invited to the Quidditch World Cup with the Weasleys. But after the final the deatheaters (Voldermort's followers) run riot over the campsites and conjure the dark mark (Voldermort's sign of a muggle being killed). But the mark had'nt been seen for thirteen years. When Harry, Ron and Hermione get to Hogwarts they find out that Hogwarts is hosting the tri-wizard cup. Three schools compete in the tri-wizard cup Hogwarts, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Only one student form each school can compete in the competion, and the student has to be 17 or over. To be entered in the competion you have to put your name into the Goblet Of Fire that chooses the contestents form each school. At Hogwarts there is a new teacher called Professor Moody.
  After a week of names being put into the Goblet Of Fire, the three contestantes had been chosen. But then Harry as shocked as every one else had been chosen for the competion, although he had'nt put his name in to the Goblet of Fire.  After this Harry and Ron don't speak to each other. The competion consisted of three events. In the first event the 4 contestents had to beat a dragon to collect a golden egg. Harry collects his egg on his Fireblot (broomstick). But when he opens his egg a few hours later it screams very loudly.In the second event the 4 contestents have to find something that they cherish at the bottom of the lake at  Hogwarts. Harry scores top marks in this event by rescueing Ron and the contestant form Beauxbatons' sister. By the end of this event Harry is tied for 1st place. By this stage Harry and Ron start speaking to each other again. In the third event the 4 contestants have to navigate there way though a massive maze to find the tri-wizard cup. Harry and Cedric (the other contestant form Hogwarts) find the cup and then find out that the cup is a portkey. The cup takes Harry and Cedric to the graveyard' of the Riddle family where they find themselves in the cruel grasp of Voldermort. Cedric gets murdered by Voldermort. Harry and Voldermort have a duel and Harry ends up takeing Cedric back to his father at Hogwarts with the cup. After the whole year at Hogwarts Harry finds out that Professor Moody has been trying to kill him. But Professor Moody isn't actual Professor Moody, but he is actual a deatheater who was trying to kill Harry for Voldermort. I thought that this was a great book and would recomed it to people who like Fantasy and action packed books. I would rate this book 10/10.CJC

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Eagle Day by Robert Muchamore

Eagle Day is the the 2nd book in the Henderson's boys series. Its about the people from the last book (Rosie, Paul, Marc and Charles Henderson) and a new recruit a boy called PT. The book tells a bit about the horrible past PT had (read to find out) and why he had to fly to FRance They are living on a farm with a nice lady called Maxine pretending to be a normal family.
Henderson and Marc are both translators for German soldiers so they try to gather lots of information on the war in particular the invasion of England.




















A very good book I would give it 8.5/10 :D

.C.W.