Book summaries written by Chatterbooks.
‘The Sign of the Black Dagger by Joan Lingard’ – ‘two worlds, different
times, both fathers go missing ...’
‘Style Sisters: Paris Princess by Liz Elwes’ – ‘three friends who love
make-up, fashion and design. When they get their French exchange students, they
think they can tell them lots.’
‘Third Term at St. Claires by Enid Blyton’ – ‘Fern, a spiteful
person, tries to ruin their play and blame it on another student.’
‘Candy Floss by Jacqueline Wilson’ – ‘a girl has to live
with her Dad because her Mum has moved to Australia...’
‘Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden’ – ‘evacuees in World War 2.’
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo – ‘a boy gets stranded
on an island...’
‘The Silver Sword by Ian Serrallier’ – ‘a quest for a group
of children to find their parents.’
‘The End by Lemony Snicket’ – ‘the final book in the series. This is the
strangest but best book. All the mysteries of the previous books are solved.’
‘Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo’ – ‘a brilliant but very
sad book. Set in World War 1, about two brothers that join the army’.
‘The Blitz by Robert Westall’
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling’
‘Girls out Late by Jacqueline Wilson’ – ‘a girl who gets a new
friend then stays up too late with them and gets into trouble.’
‘Lion Boy by Zizou Corder’ – ’a boy runs away from bad people who captured
his parents. He finds a circus and runs away with the lions’.
‘Girls in Tears by Jacqueline Wilson’ – ‘it’s the next part
from ‘Girls out Late’ and the girl breaks up with her friend and cries for
ages.’
‘Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo’ – ‘a boy who was on a
ship which crashed, ended up on an island with this crazy old man’.
‘Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze by Gwyneth Rees’ – ‘a cat tries to fly on
a broomstick ...’
‘The Golden Udder by Terry Denton’ – ‘people go on an
adventure around the world’
‘The Cat Mummy by Jacqueline Wilson’ – ‘a cat dies, so a girl
hides the cat ...’
‘The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong – ‘Trevor made a bet
with a bad boy. If Trevor wins, the bad boy has to go in a muddy bath.’
‘The Werepuppy: The Werepuppy on Holiday by Jacqueline Wilson’ – ‘this boy goes on
holiday but he can’t take his dog with him.’
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Thanks to Chatterbooks for their ‘best of ‘07’.