Girl Missing

Girl Missing
by Sophie McKenzie

Girl Missing is about a girl named Lauren who finds herself on a missing children website. With her friend Jam she goes on a plane to Vermont only expecting to be there for a day. When Jam and Lauren get to the adoption agency where she was adopted Jam tries to find her profile but can’t because it has been taken. When Jam and Lauren are walking on the street she asks a police woman to drive them somewhere but finds out that was the person who kidnapped her from her real Mum. When they get to her real Mum she doesn’t believe it’s her but when her adoptive parents have to go to court for giving the person who kidnapped her money, Lauren has to stay with her real Mum and Dad. When Lauren and her real sister go to the Marina, her sister goes to get an ice cream and disappears. Lauren looks everywhere and finds that a boat has been broken into so she goes onto the boat and her sister is being held captive there.

The boat is sinking and the kidnapper blocks the door then gets off the boat. Jam comes and saves Lauren and her sister.

I enjoyed the book. It was really exciting and made you want to read more.

review by Kirsten

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600 and a Bit

006 and a Bit
by Nick Sharratt


my name is paige i have read 006 and a Bit and by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt. I like the story and the picture and in the story i like when 600 and a Bit was talking spy language and when 600 and a Bit was talking to another spy called 0021 and a Bit and when the food was talking and the ice cream said pleased to meet you and the flake said how do you do and the cookie said hello and the drink said so glad you could come.

review by Paige

The Devil Walks

The Devil Walks
by Anne Fine

This is a very dark tale from prize-winning author Anne Fine. She has ventured into the eerie before, but this novel is paticularly dark.

It is the story of a boy called Daniel who has spent his life bed-ridden. All he has to look forward to each day is his mother's company, his books and an old dolls house that belonged to his mother as a child.

On discovering that Daniel is in good health and there is no reason for him to be confined to a bed, Daniel's mother Lilian is taken to an asylum and Daniel is taken in by the kind doctor and his wife. The only thing he takes with him is the doll's house, which turns out to be quite evil.

Daniel enjoys his new life with the other children in the family, but soon the sinister doll's house starts to take hold of the children's personalities and playtime becomes nasty. This is only the beginning.

An evil uncle, a possessed doll and murder. Will Daniel survive? Believe me, you will keep reading to find out!

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex
by Eoin Colfer


This is the latest in a long line of tales about the devious, teenage, criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl.

Artemis has gathered his group of fairy co-horts in a remote location in Iceland to unveil his latest plan. His greatest plan ever! A plan to save the world. That doesn't sound like Artemis at all. Artemis doesn't help other people unless there is something in it for him, usually money. Something isn't quite right, he is thinking about other people and counting in fives.

Before the others can put their finger on what is wrong with their young friend, they are under attack from what should be a friendly vessel.

Killer space probes, unfriendly robots, zombie wrestling fans and the unlucky number four, well unlucky for Artemis anyway. Will any of them make it out alive this time? It's looking really unlikely.

This is the seventh and penultimate book in the Artemis Fowl series. The books are all centred around the teenage mastermind Artemis Fowl, whose only goal in life is to make money through illegal schemes by taking advantage of the fairy underworld he has discovered.

The books are written with a great deal of humour and often leave you sitting on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next.

I have to say I was a little disappointed with this book. I usually whizz through the stories, laughing up'roariously, especially at the antics of the kleptomaniac, gasey and rather pongey dwarf - Mulch Diggins, but I just didn't find the book as thrilling or as funny as usual. A great disappointment.

If you want to continue the story of Artemis, I would recommend you read this, but just don't expect as many laughs as usual.

Malice

Malice
by Chris Wooding

I am probably not the first person lured into picking this book up because of the fabulous 3-D cover, but hey, if it means that people read this dark tale, then it can only be a good thing. The format is quite unusual too, as it is part novel and part graphic novel.

Be ready for chills up your spine as you read this book!

Malice is the name of an underground comic. Most think it is an urban myth. Some children have heard of it, but few have actually seen it.

Malice is the world portrayed in this comic book. A world full of menace and horror where children fight for their lives.

Kady and Seth's friend, Luke disappears after he reads the comic book and all that is left in the book are blank pages. Something odd is going on and Kady and Seth are determined to find out the truth. They begin to suspect that children are being lured into Malice....

This novel is great from beginning to end. The characters are all well grounded in reality, which only serves to make the fantasy world more chilling and it ends on a real cliff-hanger which leaves you desperate for more. Roll on the next book which is to be called Havoc and should be out sometime next year.

Hatchet

Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen

Thirteen year old Brian Robeson is flying in a bush plane over the Canadian wilderness on his way to spend the summer with his dad. He is alone in the plane with the pilot, when the pilot has a heart attack. Brian has no choice, he has to take over control of the plane and try to land it. He crash-lands the plane into a lake. He is alive, but he is alone. He has nothing but the clothes he is wearing and a small hatchet, which was a parting gift from his mother. Brian needs shelter and he needs food. Can a city boy survive in the wilderness? Will he be rescued?

Each time I read this novel, I find it as thrilling as the first time I was lucky enough to pick it up. Hatchet is an exciting, roller coaster ride of a book. Once you pick it up, it is impossible to put down. Woe betide anyone who tries to gain your attention whilst you are reading this novel!