Flash Flood by Chris Ryan (NH)

Thirteen year old Ben is on a trip to London to see his eco mad mum,Bel. He is meant to be meeting her at Kings cross station but Bel is held up at a conference with the prime minister of Canada. So her friend Cally who works for a company called ARBON CO looks after him. Meanwhile a cargo boat crashes into the Thames barrier causing water to flood through the city. When it hits the ARBON CO factory, Ben has to be evacuated into a small inflatable boat with four other people which is put into the flood. But Ben falls out of the boat and is left in a middle of a extremely dangerous flood. Will Ben ever see his Mum again and more importantly, will he get out of London alive! 9/10

Ned Hendy

Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz

Point Blanc is one of the Alex Rider series.
The plot two people have been assinated called Michael J Rosque and Generel Ivenof who both had children go to Point Blanc.
Here is a part from the book:
They came skiing down the mountain.There were seven of them.Wolf was the leader.Alex was at his side.The other five men followed.They had changed into white trousers,jackets and hoods - camouflage that would help them blend into the snow.

BH Genre:Action

Mad Dogs by Robert Muchamore

Genres: Children's, Thriller, Spy novel


The plot on the book involves two major drug dealing gangs in the turf war. Gabriel O'Brien and Michael Hendry are sent to intercept the 'Slasher Boys'. Later on in the book, Gabrielle is stabbed badly and sent back to camp. Michael stays. In the next part of the book it describes how James Adams and Dana are helping with Basic Training. When Mr Kazkov is knocked out, James is attacked and tied up. When Dana gets back, James says the two ringleaders were Kevin and Ronan, they are made to stand to attention until dawn.
After Gabrielle's injures the committee think of shutting the mission down. Large tries to blackmail Lauren Adams to become a cherub teacher again. Kyle, James, Lauren, Kerry and Bruce play a trick on Larges adopted daughter, Hayley by her them to go on a date with James. During the date, Bruce gets a picture of Hayley and James snogging. Lauren and Kyle counter-blackmail Large and gets punished, espessially Lauren. Before Kyle leaves for university everyone throws a party for him.
James and Bruce are sent to infiltrate the gang, Mad Dogs. James is soon accepted and given a major role. Wheels takes James on a hotel robbery, they take several grand out of a couples back account and steal their car. Sasha Thompson, the gang leader, is trying to protect Junior, who is later sentences for 6 years in prison. Sasha plans a drug robbery on Major Dee. They get to an apartment and pretend to be people filling in a form. They taser the woman who opens the door, before capturing all the people inside. Later the gang leave the apartment. James loses his virginity to Sasha's daughter, Lois. Afterwards, James, Bruce and Michael successfully complete the mission and Bruce earns his black shirt. at the end of the book, all the following members of CHERUB visit a memorial garden for all the Cherubs that lost their lives.
OV

An Elephant in the garden by Michel Morpurgo

An Elephant in the garden is a dramatic, but exiting book set at the time of WW2. The story is told by Lizzie. She tells it to a boy called Karl and his Mum. Lizzie is at a old peoples care home and Karl's Mum is a nurse there. Lizzie loves telling her story but only Karl and his Mum believes it. The story is set in Germany, and is all about how Lizzie's family escape from the American bombing of Dresden with the help of a young elephant. The elephant called Marlene was from Dresden zoo, Lizzie's family were taking care of the elephant in their garden. I loved this book, I thought the setting of it is supperb. My family made me read it because they had all read it themselves and said that it was a great story! RJB

class A by Robert Muchamore

This is a very exciting book James Adams and his friends are about to embark on one of there tufest mission so far... What will happen next? Read the book to find out. 

Second book in the series

A must read 

 I rate this book 9/10

Alex Rider lovers will love this book 

HDEW

Billionaire Boy By David Walliams

Joe Spud is the youngest and richest person in the world!
He has everything he could ever want he has a: crocodile, a Grand prix race track in the back garden, a 100,000 a week pocket money and loads of other things. But there is one thing he really wants more than anything is a friend. He goes to a very very posh school and the other boys tease him all the time. He then decides to go to a normal school and pretends he is normal. Will he get a friend or will something terrible happen?????? Read the book to find out!

10/10 couldn't put it down it was so good!!

JC

South By South East by Anthony Horowitz

The Diamond brothers are broke as usual. They have just moved into a cheap apartment when suddenly a mysterious man (Jake McGuffin), bursts into their office and tells Tim someone is trying to kill him-an assasin who is also trying to murder a Russian diplomat. Jake offers Tim a wad of cash for his coat and disappears as quickly as he came.When Nick bends down to pick up the coat, something falls out of one of the pockets: a key. There is a plastic tag attached to it and in bright red letters: Room 605, London International Hotel.


The Diamond brothers are pulled into this epic adventure involving being shot at by a bi-plane with machine guns, MI6 and getting pumped full of lead...


This is a fantastic book, packed with drama and is great if you enjoy action and comedy!

I would rate the book 10/10!


GML

Flash Flood by Chris Ryan

This an action packed book it is full of adventure and i could not put this book down.I would recommend this to anyone who's looking for a heart racing book.The plot is that Ben has gone to London for the day but there is a thunderstorm and the Thames barrier brakes the city streets are flooding with water, the emergency services are try to rescue people and repair the Thames barrier.But will Ben survive?I thought this book was a great read jam packed full of action i would rate this 10/10
DC

Black Peter by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

One day a police officer from Scotland yard troubles Sherlock with some suspicious news when he sees his friend Black Peter in his hut with somebody. Black Peter was  the captain of the Sea Unicorn (a ship) but is know living with his wife and daughter, they live in the house but he is now a drunken wreak and lives in a little hut near the house. One night a scream is heard from the daughter in the house because she has heard a massive thud outside coming from the hut. Sherlock is on the case, but BP wife never looked in the hut because she didn't want to disturb him.

    But when Sherlock is on the case he looks inside the hut. As he's about to open the door when he spots scratches around the key hole.

    That night Sherlock and the police wait outside the hut in the bushes, put nobody comes. The next morning they go in and find the doors open, he looks inside, there is blood all over the walls with a harpoon straight through Black Peters chest. He has been hung up on the wall with the harpoon straight through the huts wall.

      This becomes even more suspicious when Sherlock finds info he finds out that there was a speatiallist harpooner on the Sea Unicorn that Black Peter fell out with......................

Read more to find out.    

Was it an accident or a murder.

FWJM          

The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton

This story is about four children who meet at a holiday catch up school. Philip meets Jack and Lucy-Ann. Lucy-Ann and Jack are brother and sister.When Jack and Lucy -Ann's uncle inform the teacher that he can't have Jack  and Lucy-Ann back, they escape with Philip to Craggy Tops.Philip's run down, mysterious, old house on the top of a cliff with no other house around for miles. Thats what they think..... They meet Dinah ,Philips sister at Craggy Tops along with Philips Aunt and Uncle and the mean matenance man Joe.
One day when they are climbing in the caves they find a passage. The passage helps them escape and baffle Joe. Together they all go down to the beach without Joe knowing and find a hidden house. The owner of the house is called Bill Smugs. All the children want to go to the mysterious island called the Island of Doom. Bill teaches them how to sail and then when Joe is out the steal Joe s boat. Jack and Philip find mines there. They go and tell the girls back at Craggy Tops.Then the next day all four of them go to the island. They explore the mines and find a bunch of not very nice miners. All of them apart from Jack get caught and locked up in the mine. Jack goes to try and find his pet parrot Kiki.
Jack gets lost in the mines but then The rest of the kids manage to escape. They find Bill and him and Philip find there is an under the sea passage to the mines. They find Jack. Bill tells him he is a police agent trying to solve a mystery about printing of fake money. They find Joe in the mines. He locks them up in the cell and tells them that they are going to flood the mines. Bill manages to unlock the door and they escape. All the fake money printers are arrested. The end.
I rate this book 9. You have to be patient to get into the book though.
BB

THE SPOOKS BATTLE by Joseph Delany

The forth book in the series out of Eight books,


The spook and his apprentice are swarn to protect the county from the Dark but now a terrible danger waits just ahead of them- the three Witch clans (The Malkins, The Deans and the mouldheels ) are coming together and attempting to bring an unimaginable terror back into the county once again that threatened all the countys - The Devil himself if the Spook and Tom be able to have the courage and the power to hold back these threats and the most powerful enemy of all...................................

10/10- a horror and action book- This is a breath-taking,great book. "A must read book and series" 




This is an awesome book, people must read this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOND

Off Side by Tom Palmer

Danny is a football fan who loves solving crimes and his beloved City FC is going to be taken over by an unknown foreigner him and the fans are in uproar.
When a young African player is scouted for City FC by a corrupt agent Danny's suspicions lead him to danger....
If you want to now the rest please read on
genre: crime and action
8/10
AH

Angel by L.A. Weatherly(VND)

Willow knows she's different from other girls. And not just because she loves fixing other peoples cars.
Willow has a gift. She can look into people's futures, know their dreams, their hopes and their fears, just by touching them. But she has no idea where she gets this power from.
Until she meets Alex…
Alex is one of the few who know the truth about angels. He knows Willow's secret and is trained to kill her.
The dark forces within Willow make her dangerous  and irresistible.
In spite of himself, Alex finds he is falling in love with his sworn enemy.

I would rate this book 10/10.

Dear Olly By Michael Morpurgo

 Matt is Olly's brother. He has resently turned down a possible career as a vet. Instead he goes to work as a clown in an orphanage in Rwanda. He has a tragic acident. Back home his sister Olly anxiously waits for letters from him and watches Hero, a swallow, prepare for his long flight back to Africa . . . will there be  many dangers ahead.
The reader is engaged in sharing the 3 lives – in a sensitive tale of family, love, loss and determination. I rate this book 8/10 because it is a heart filling story and you cant put it down.      FJM

Life On The Refrigerator Door By Alice Kuipers (GK)

Life On The Refrigerator is a great novel by Alice Kuipers.
I love this book because its style is so original and unique and very easy to read.
The Title "does what is says on the tin" because you are following Clare and her Mothers life through note form.So some of the notes will be a list for the shops,or get the milk and some of them will be arguments.Until one sudden moment rocks Clare's world for ever.You will have to read it to find out!!

I rate this book a 7/10

GK

Mr Stink by David Walliams

This nose-blasting book is about a young girl called Chloe (with very big nostrils) who is just about the loneliest girl in the UNIVERSE! But she soon finds out there was someone waiting for a young girl like her, Mr Stink. Yes he smells a bit - But he is just about the only person who has actually been kind to her. So Chloe decides to let him stay in her garden shed. But there might just be more to Mr Stink than meets the nose...

Genre: Comedy

Rating 10 out of 10!

H G-W 

.P.S. I read this book last year, although I re-read it again this year.

Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz

This the second book in the series and Alex must infiltrate Point Blanc Academy with just a couple of gadgets and a fake ID to see what Dr Grief is doing to make his students so perfect.

9/10 it is a must read series and a must read book.

FGH