If a Tree Falls at Lunch Break by Gennifer Chokendo

In this story you see the lives of two different 12 year olds. Kirsten is an overweight kid who goes to a private school and Walker is a coloured boy who has just moved there from a public school. They are both going through difficult stages in their life. Kirsten constantly eats without others knowing and her best friend has abandoned her for the popular group. For Walker the challenge is to stay away from his friend and cousin who is a bad influence.

When Kirsten decides to make up with her friend Rory she is forced to hang out with the popular group. After an incident with them at lunch, Kirsten decides to look the other way and not talk to them, even when her mum tries to persuade her to have some kind of party or sleepover with them. As Kirsten is sneaking into the garage to get junk food (her mother doesn't want her to eat it but she doesn't find out), she overhead her mother and father's argument. They were arguing about a serious occurrence: the facts from this argument could change Kirsten and Walker's relationship forever.

Daria Sassarini

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

The book is filled with emotions and two of them are anger and joy. From the start of the book it's basically a flashback on Thomas Peaceful's life when he was young and in his childhood until he was a lot older and in the war fighting.

Thomas has two other brothers: one called Joe but is nicknamed big Joe and the other called Charlie. But when they were all young there was a very sad death which wasn't really Thomas's fault but he could be easily blamed. But after that there are a lot of unfortunate things that happen in their lives.

Then when Charlie and Thomas get older they are both forced to join the army but if you want to find out what happens when they are in the army you will need to read the book to find out and once you start reading you won't want to stop to find out what happens next.

Nico Medinelli


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