'The Secret Countess' by Eva Ibbotson

The Secret Countess by Eva Ibotson is an interesting book.This book is about a young Russian girl called Anna. Anna's family become not so rich and Anna wants to go to England to be hired as a maid to help, but her mother isn't so happy about the move. When she gets there she gets a job in a place called Mersham. When she settles in everyone loves her and she wants to have the best for the people living there. Until they find out her secret.

This book is a good read for girls more than boys, but is a harder read for those who are young.

Daria Sassarinni

'The Works'

The Works is a book fill with poems for different situations. It has millions of poems and some are quite funny while others are serious. From the variety of poetry in this book, everybody can find one they will enjoy. I thought this book was hilarious and I recommend that people take this book out of the library. I read poems that I hadn't even heard of before. Excellent book for people who like poetry.

Nathan Bonner

'The Wanderer' by Sharon Creech

The book is about a girl called Sophie and she goes sailing across the sea with her three uncles and her two cousins. Sophie has no fear about it but her mum is not too keen on the idea and she would prefer that Sophie stayed at home but her mother did teach her how to sail. Anyway things are going well and they are stopping in places but sometimes the journey Is not so smooth, but they still have to get on and fix things that break.

While they are sailing in the last couple of months and while they are out there is a lot of stopping of the boat going on so Sophie is a bit suspicious as to what is going on- she thinks that there is something wrong with their boat and her uncle knows it but is not saying.

In the end they all get back safely and they find it nice to be home again and Sophie's parents are glad that she is back in one piece.

I recommend this book to people who like to sail or travel about and they can hear about how good it is but at the same time be prepared if anything goes wrong.

Amy McLean

'Scorpia' by Anthony Horowitz

Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz is an amazing book because in all the other Alex Rider books, Alex is the goodie but in Scorpia he joins the baddies.

This is one of my favourite Alex Rider books, because he finds out his dad worked for Scorpia so he follows in his foot steps by leaving MI6 and joining Scorpia but does he stay, I wonder?

James Mole

'Waves' by Sharon Dogar

Waves by Sharon Dogar is a great read. It is about a young boy called Hal whose sister Charley is in a coma. It has been a year after Charley's accident and the family are going back to the beach where it all happened. He starts to hear Charley talking to him and sees these visions all the time. She is telling him it was not an accident and that she needs his help. He starts to investigate and finds out more than he can handle of Charley's last summer.

Waves is great. It has a mix of mystery and loss and I found it quite sad at some points. It is a real page turner and I recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries and a challenge.

Chloe Bryce

'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo

Private Peaceful is a novel written by Michael Morpurgo. It's about two brothers called Tommo and Charlie Peaceful. The novel is based on their whole life together and what they get up to and all the happy and sad events in their life. This story is based on a bit of romance,courage and sadness and they're all shown throughout the novel.

The time and place of the novel is just before World War 1 and during World War 1.

If you like interesting, sad and happy books then you would love this book.

I thought that this book was great because it describes what it was like in the trenches and how sad it was and it's just that type of book that you just can't put down and you want to just read on and find out what happens. I recommend this book to everyone that loves a good read.

By Scott Hallam

To Kill A Mocking Bird By Harper Lee

'To Kill A Mocking Bird' is about a lawyer who is defending a coloured man who has been charged with the rape of a white girl. This story is told through the eyes of the lawyer's daughter called Scout. She and her brother Jem have some weird adventures that they go through throughout the book and all the pieces of the story pile up into one big climax at the end.

The story is very sad because it shows how racist people were years ago and how white and black people were separated from each other and how black people in America were hated and got little choice.

The type of readers that I think should read this book are people that get into books really quickly and if you don't get into books really quickly then you just need to keep reading because the book gets amazing and everybody would like it.

I thought this book was one of the best books I have ever read and it has a very good story line which kept me interested.

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Scott Hallam