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Being Jimmy Baxter

Being Jimmy Baxter is a captivating book, perfect for young, adventurous readers. The story is about a boy named Jimmy Branthwaite, who runs away from his father with his mum and arrives in a town called Mungo Creek. Here at Mungo Creek, Jimmy settles down to make a new life with new friends, a new …

Fish in a Tree

The plot of this story involves seeing Ally grow into being able to ask for help. We read about how much one person helped Ally with being  more confident and loving of herself. She was also crowned class president, after help, during the speech from Mr Daniel. The language used in this book wasn’t too …

Detention

Detention is an amazing whisk of adventure with a little hint of bravery and madness. In the chaos of a detention escape, Sima loses her family among 50 others who have planned to escape. Sima hears her father’s voice “run”, and she ends up in a boys’ school toilet block. Dan, finds Sima and offers her help… …

Scar Town

Scar Town is an enjoyable book that really hooks the reader in at the first page. This book is really something I have never read before. It is one of the best, I’d say. The book has a big plot twist with Will’s family and is full of murder, mystery, and betrayal. Scar Town is …

Runner

Runner written by Robert Newton is a fantastic book is set in 1919, where a Melbourne boy called Charlie, finds himself with the prime job of running for one of the most dangerous gangster’s, Squizzy Taylor. Charlie is faced with dangerous situations which consistently kept me hooked. Charlie realizes his passion for running and he …

You’ll Be the Death of Me

‘You’ll Be the Death of Me’, written Karen M. McManus, is about three kids, Ivy, Cal, and Mateo, who skip a day of school. Little did they know someone would get murdered… You should read this book because it has a great deal of suspense and McManus describes Mateo really attractively. Each chapter is written …

Hating Alison Ashley

Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein is a great book for teens. It’s a book about jealousy and self- worth. Erica is a girl who goes to Barringa East. She spends her days in the nurse’s office, not socialising. One day she is in class and the new girl Alison comes in. Alison is perfect, …

Holes

Holes is a mix of adventure, mystery, and fantasy, and is the best book I have ever read. It is about aboy named Stanley Yelnats (is also Stanley Yelnats spelt backwards), who gets sent to a place called Camp Green Lake, a correctional boot camp in the very dry desert, after a thief threw Stanley …

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 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 …