Spiderwick Chronicles

There are three children called Jared who is nine, his twin Simon and Mallory who is thirteen. They all have different characteristics, Jared is naughty, they would have expelled him from school but he was going anyway. Simon is an organised person, he also loves animals. Mallory is very bossy. After their parents´ separation, they moved house with their mum. Their new house is in the countryside. At night they heard noises. Jared thought they were ghosts. They went to investigate. They found a note:

In man’s torso you will find

My secret to all mankind

If false and true can be the same

You will soon know of my fame

Up and up and up again

Good luck dear friend.

After these strange things happened. Mallory’s hair was tied to the bed!

But if Simon and Jared were innocent... who did it then???

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure, girls and boys. They have put lots of imagination on it. There are lots of fantastic characters in this story, each with different features which make them interesting. This book is of adventure and mystery but most of all magic.

Click in this image to go to the official webpage and have fun!

by Aitana 7Z

Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

This book is about three children: Klaus, Sunny and Violet Baudelaire.Their parents had died in fire which has destroyed their mansion and all their possessions.They were living with Mr.Poe, and his wife Polly, sharing a room with their ill-behaved children Edgard and Albert. Mr.Poe locates a distant cousin called Count Olaf, he is a very bad person. All their miserable life starts then.
In some ways I did like this book, but it is a little bit sad. Both boys and girls can read it. I think this book has adventure, and, once you are reading it you wont be able do put it down, it encourages you to read more and more. This book holds your attention. I think it is a very interesting book.

This is the official page http://www.unfortunateevents.com/ There are Vile Videos to watch, games in the Awful Arcade and you can design your own potscards with the Woeful Widgets .
By: Camino 7Z

Alanna by Tamora Pierce

This book is about two twins called Alanna and Thom. They both know how to use magic. Their father wants Thom to be a knight and Alanna a lady. None of the twins wants to be what their father says. They decide Alanna will be the knight and Thom a sorcer. Alanna cuts her hair and changes cloths so she looks like Thom. Alanna has to learn how to be knight and discovers how hard it is. This book is mainly about what happens and changes in Alana’s live. If like this book, you can read more because there are four in the series.

By: Maite , 7Z

How to get fabulously rich by Thomas Rockwell

Billy is sure he can come up with the right numbers to win the lottery. He knows exactly what he's going to do with the prize. But, when he wins, everybody wants some money. Everyone is very strange around him. Billy thinks he might need to split the money. His friend, Joe, starts bullying about it, so does his friends. Billy must come up with the right idea, to solve this problem. I recommend this book, because it’s a mixture of humour and comedy. As well, you have a good time. Its funny to know how Billy’s day to day is, with its dream of having millions, and his ideas of how things are. By Pedro 7Z

The worry website by Jacqueline Wilson

The worry website is a nice book for girls AND boys. There are many worries but the one I liked most was the first one. It´s about a girl who wants a wicked stepmother. But the problem is his father has a girlfriend a very nice one and she doesn´t treat her bad at all.
My other recomendation is The Penderwicks. I loved this book it´s about a family who goes on vacations. It´s all about their adventures and their problems. I gave it a 11 because it´s the best book I´ve ever read
by Lucía 7Z

This is a video in wich Jacqueline Wilson answer some frequently asked questions. Watch it it is really interesting!

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Stephanie Edgeley is a normal girl. Her uncle, Gordon Edgeley, dies suddenly. She inherits all his fortune and his house. At night, it rains a lot, the road is blocked, and she has to sleep in her uncle’s house. Suddenly a man breaks into the house and tries to kill her. All of a sudden Skulduggery Pleasant, a person from Gordon’s will, breaks the door and fights the villain until Skulduggery Pleasant makes him go away. But the hat and the sunglasses fell and all he had for a head was a skull. http://www.skulduggerypleasant.com/

If you want to listen to an audio excerpt of the book press here and listen

By Juanjo 7Z

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

This book called The Penderwicks. It is an entertaining and wonderful book. The book is about a family which goes for vacation to a place. They have a neighbour who is a horrible woman who starts making the Penderwicks' life imposible.The woman is called Mrs.Tifton. Mrs.Tifton has a son who makes friends with the Penderwicks sisters. All together they have marvellous times, adventures, and most of all problems... Mrs.Tifton tries to break their relation because she thinks she is going to lose his son.
When I read this book I learned that it doesn´t matter what other people think about you, what matters is the real person that you are. Read this book and you will find lots of entertainig chapters that will lead you to another world where you will enjoy so much that you will not want to leave. You will be astonished when you see how cleverly the Penderwicks sisters solve their numerous problems.
You can find some information of the Penderwicks by going to google and adding Penderwicks and then selecting the page called Jeane Birdsall that is the athour. Have fun reading the Penderwicks books. Relax reading the Penderwicks books.

And most of all ENJOY reading them!!!!!!!!

This is a 5 minutes interview with the autor.


by Mónica 7z

Rosalind, Skye, Jane and Batty Penderwick went on holiday to Arundel, a small and beautiful village. When they arrived to the cottage (their father had rented for three weeks), they arranged their rooms. Minutes later Skye was going for a walk when she saw Arundel Hall (the most beautiful mansion ever seen by the Penderwicks) and she decided to go inside it. She tried to go inside, she saw a hole in the ground and she went through it to the Arundel Hall garden. When she was passing through the hole to go back home, she crushed her head into a boy's head. They introduced each other after the confusing crush. The boy was called Jeffry. They had heart his mother calling him, the cruel Mrs Tifton. Soon Jeffry became really good friend of the Penderwicks and they had lots of problems with his mother.
This book is mostly for girls who like reading books about people's lives. You have to read it because is a fantastic and surprising book that you will enjoy. I hope you read it!

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The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy

Mildred is a witch who attends Miss Cackle's Academy. She is not very good at potions nor flying with her broomstick but, however she has friend called Maud.

On Halloween Mildred's class was going to do a flying show but Mildred had a problem: her broomstick was broken. Ethel ( a not very kind girl) gave her a tricked one. So Mildred fell down and helped by Maud all witches fell too. Mildred was upset and went running to the woods. Suddenly she saw some witches talking about becoming invisible and converting the children in the academy into frogs. What will Mildred do to prevent it?

Visit the official wed site and watch some videos and check miss Cackle's Book of Spells

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The Red Pyramid

by Rick Riordan

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.

One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family...

Find out more about this series in the official webpage

Some new titles in the library

The Medusa Project by Sophie McKenzie
We have the firts two books in this amazing series.
"The Set up" and "Hostage".





Listen to the author.

Angel Cake by Cathy Cassidy

Crocodile tears

The new Alex Rider's adventure introduced by the author

Artemis Fowl

If you want to read something good this is your series, it's action packed,very original and it's the perfect mixture between fantasy and mystery, action and some funny stuff.When Artemis senior disappears in the Antarctic ocean, his son Artemis II tries to recover the familiar fortune by taking some gold from the fairy people living under the worlds surface, but it is not as simple as he thinks.They are not little creatures with green suits that dance Irish music, they are not going to give their gold away and they have some advanced technology that you have never imagined

Percy Jackson

The Percy Jackson series is fantastic. Action packed, with every type of monster you could think of.
Have you ever heard about the Greek gods, well in this series they are real, and they are fighting against Kronos, lord of time. The main character is a demigod, this means his dad is a god and his mum is mortal. Our hero's dad is Poseidon, you can imagine what's this: control water, talk with horses...
The series is formed by five books, in each one Percy has to do the same things heroes did, but in his own special way.
I recommend this book specially for fantasy lovers, but in fact everyone who likes reading can read this series. And trust me, you won't regret it.

The great automatic Grammatizator by Roald Dahl

There are too many books to choose a favourite from. Although one of my favourites would probably be “The Great automatic grammatizator”, by Roald Dahl. This book is a wonderful collection of exciting short stories. I really enjoyed reading them. My favourite story from the book “The Great Automatic Grammatizator” is 'Vengeance is Mine Inc.' I liked this story because it is very funny and interesting. Although it is a bit strange I though it got the readers' attention very easily because of its' plot. All of the stories were good, but some were better than others.
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Leaving mothers

TheseChristmas holidays I read two quite sad books about mothers leaving home. The first one was Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Browns. It is a verse novel about Rachel's feelings when her mother left home and she was left alone with her laconic father. It is a beautiful and moving story. I found a web page with videos made by children presenting this book, Have a look!
The second one is Life on the refrigerator door by Alice Kuipers. This story is told by the notes between a daughter and her mother left on the fridge door. The girl in this book is a bit older , around 14, and the mother is an extremely busy doctor who has breast cancer... To be honest I didn't like this one as much as the other , but it is becoming very popular and difficult to find on the library shelves. Read it and judge yourself...

The mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Reynie M., an 11 year old orphan, reads an advertisment in the newspaper for 'gifted children looking for special opportunities'. This is how he meets the other 3 children with whom he should go, in an undercover mission, to LIVE , Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened. Lots of adventures, clever tricks and amusement.
Click here to go to the web page. It has lots of info & games for the "very enlightened"

Two short books reviews by Miss Bentley

In the nick of Time by Robert Swindells.

Quite an enjoyable read. Story which recreates a different kind of school in the 1950’s and a nice twist where two people re-find each other through time. Easy reading.

Refugee Boy – Benjamin Zephaniah
Ok but a little bit tiresome. Zephaniah seems to have got carried away trying to teach us about refugees and to have forgotten that his first duty is to create a believable story with 3 dimensional characters. OK, informative but a bit irritating. I wonder whether you agree with me? Send a comment if you've read it.

Eragon

When Eragon out is hunting, he finds a misterious blue stone. A few days later the stone breaks and in it's place it appears a blue creature that looks like a reptile. A few weeks later the creature appears to know how to fly and then Eragon discovers it's a dragon, and tries to find a name for it. The Taleteller of the town, Brom tells Eragon stories and names of dragons. One day when Eragon was out some terrible dark creatures called Ra'zac burn the farm Eragon was living in with his cousin and uncle. From that moment Eragon and his dragon called Saphira need to go to join some people who fight against Galbatorix, a dark lord that rules over the county. Will Eragon and Saphira mark their destiny?

The Ruby in the Smoke

This book by Phillip Pulman is set in the Victorian Times. It´s about a girl called Sally who's father has miteriously died when the boat he was in sank. Sally isn't very bright at history or literature but when it comes to fireing a pistol she is a master. As she investigates her father's death she doesn't realize the danger she is getting into...