Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are a series of books about a boy called Greg Heffly and his mum, dad, his brother Roderick and Manny. Greg's friend is called Rowley and Rowley is his friend until Rowley breaks his arm and is punished for an offence that wasn't him but that was Greg. The story goes on from there and goes down the exact same road of humour. The books are very funny and the funniest so far was the Dog Days book. This book was extremely funny and I enjoyed every second. I recommend this to every reader out there.

Nicol Robertson

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

This is a book by Arthur Ransome and it is about 4 children called John, Susan, Titty and Roger who all go on holiday.

While they are on holiday in a farm house on the side of a lake, they see an island that looks interesting. They decide that they want to sail over to it in a small boat that they have borrowed. Once they have got permission from their parents, they sail to they small island and camp on it for a few days. They are soon under attack from the "amazon pirates", Nancy and Peggy. The two girls come onto the island and they become friends with the other children. There is also a man from a houseboat that is angry with the children from the farmhouse, although it's the pirates he should really be angry with. They have been on his boat and done things he didn't like. The six children then decide to declare war on him and call him Captain Flint. In the night, however, his houseboat gets burgled and one of the children hears the robbers hiding the stolen items on an island.

You'll need to read the book to find out what happens next!

I enjoyed this book because you didn't really know what was going to happen next and what you expected to happen, didn't end up happening.

Christopher Scholes

The Beak Speaks By Jeremy Strong

The Beak Speaks starts with Dad who is a Vet. There is no mum and the two children, Mark and Tammy live with their dad and of course Dinah the Mynah. Dinah is a mynah bird and thinks that all humans are stupid and is trying to save Dad from the evil woman, Divine. She was determined to win Dad after Mark thought that it would be a good idea to put a lonely hearts column in for Dad. But she has competition when a Spanish woman is determined to win over "Mr Vet Man". But Dad falls in love with the evil Divine and is caged in a house while she plots her evil plan. But Suddenly a chimpanzee comes down the chimney, and his name was Arnold Teebag and he might just save the day!

Nicol Robertson