Lyla, written by Fleur Beale, is a moving book. It explores the danger of being in the middle of an earthquake. This story centers on a 14-year-old girl who lives in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. She loves nothing more than spending time with her friends, until an awful earthquake devastates her city and …
Middle Fiction
Waiting for the Storks
Waiting for the storks is a war novel written by Katrina Nannestad. The story is written about a young girl named Zofia who lives in a village in Poland in World War 2. She is stolen from her family by the Germans to live with a respectable German family. I really enjoyed this book as …
The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil is a fantasy novel written by Soman Chainani. It follows the story of two girls named Sophie and Agatha who are taken away from their home in Gavaldon and whisked into the magical world of The School for Good and Evil. I really enjoyed this book because there were …
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has never quite fit into her life. She skipped multiple grades, doesn’t really connect with the older kids at her school and she’s not comfortable with her family. The reason is because she is a telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret at least, not yet. I would …
The Lost Library
The Lost Library was probably one of the best books I’ve ever read. It was very intriguing and I would definitely recommend it. I really love Mortimer, all of his 24 toes and I like how he always listens to his own heart speaking, too. Even though Mortimer is my favourite character, I also really …
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson is just a normal teenager with ADHD and dyslexia until he disintegrates his mathteacher and finds out he is actually a demi-god (half human, half god). Oh, and his friend Grover is a satyr (human waist up, goat waist down). Percy ends up at a camp with mythical creatures and the children of …
The Suprise Party: Fear Street
The Surprise Party is a book about a teenager, called Meg, who is throwing a surprise party for herfriend Ellen who has been away for a year. While she is setting up the party, she gets weird phonecalls trying to scare her from setting up the party. Tony, who is Meg’s boyfriend, has been actingstrange …
Tilda
Tilda is an astounding book that kept me engaged throughout the story. Tilda is a stubborn girl who refuses to believe that her Papa has left her orphaned. She is convinced that he will return from war, but Sister Agatha thinks otherwise. Additional to the suspense and shocking plot twist , there was humour that …
Dusty in the Outwilds
A story starting off with a brave 12 year old girl named Dusty, who has a family full of secrets, starting with a path leading to the ‘outwilds’ near their house. But it does not end there, Dusty’s Aunt Meg ran away at the age of 13 and no one in the family spoke of …
The Silver Sea
Sophie and one of her cousins from a magical land called Tuscia have a dangerous mission. They must travel with a famous acting crew to get to Venetto on a quest to rescue their grandmother, who is very rich, who got captured by the evil Mago. It’s really exciting because there are many exciting challenges …