The London Eye Mystery (6ème/Gr.2)

Title: The London Eye Mystery

Author: Siobhan Dowd

Genre: Adventure

Blurb:

This is a story about a boy called Salim who is going to live in New York City with is mum Gloria. Before going to NYC, they go visiting Gloria's sister Faith and Salim's cousins Kat and Ted in London. But when Salim goes on his own on the London Eye and never gets down, everyone start worrying... Will Kat and Ted ever find Salim?

Personal opinion:

I have chosen this book because it takes place in London and I usually like adventure and mystery books. This book is the most exciting and intriguing book I have read in the last 6 months. I have enjoyed this book because it was also one of the most  captivating novel I have ever read. It is confirmed by one quote from a newspaper (Independent): "Compulsive reading".

I would mainly recommend this book to readers who like mysteries and suspense.

Level: I have found this book easier to read than other adventure books that I have already read.

Rating: 4/5

Charlotte

6^eme A   2^nd Group

Anton and Piranha (6ème/Gr.2)

Title: Anton and Piranha

Author: Milena Baish

Genre: Adventure

Blurb: Anton is taken by his grandparents to a holiday camp hidden in the forest. He thought it will be the coolest summer of his life as he had planned to spend his entire holiday in the swimming pool… But who said there was one? Once arrived, he discovered the most disgusting pond he has ever seen. After few boring days, Anton really doesn’t know what to do. Will he find something funny to do?

Personal opinion:

“It’s a unique book and I wished it would have been longer”

The Monthly News

I chose this book because it’s never boring and also because my grandparents call me Anton, like the hero.

I recommend this book to readers who get quickly annoyed because you always want to read the next page.

Level

A very easy book to read with the simplest words!

Rating : 5/5  

First Name of the reviewer:  Antonin        

        

Class/ English group: 6ème A/Group 2

Scorpia (6ème/Gr.2)

Title:  Scorpia

Author: Anthony Horowitz
 

Genre : Novel, fantasy, action

 

Blurb : Alex Rider is a secret spy working for MI6. He goes to a school trip in Venice, and finds something strange happening in Venise, and does his investigation. He finds out the deadliest secret organisation: Scorpia.

Will Alex Rider choose to work for the MI6 ot to work for Scorpia, the assassins’ organisation?

Personal opinion:

 I chose the book because I like spies and action and I never read home stories, if I ever read one, I am going to be sick.

I enjoyed when Alex Rider fought with a guy in a giant balloon.    

I would recommend this book to people who like action and mysteries…

 

Guillaume

6° group 2              

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (6ème/Gr.2)

Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Author: Rick Riordan

Genre:Adventure

 

Blurb :This book is about a young adult who is a semi-god. Zeus thinks that Percy Jackson stole his lightning bulb.Zeus prepares to attack Percy Jackson. The war begins and suddenly…

Will Percy Jackson win the war?

Did Percy Jackson steal the lightning bulb of Zeus?

Personal opinion:

 I chose this book because I like adventure books. It is upbeat ,and you want to know what is going to happen. This book is captivating and exciting. I never felt bored and I have taken a lot of pleasure reading it. In the book I enjoyed the suspense and the fact that it was thrilling. This book is the best book I have ever read. I recommend this book to good readers because the story is more complicated than other adventure books.

Level: It is difficult to read and very challenging.

Rating: 5/5

First Name of the reviewer: Elijah, 6° group 2

Middle School : My brother is a big fat liar (6ème/Gr.2)

Title : Middle School : My Brother is a Big Fat  Liar                                    

Author: James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou

Genre : Diary , Humorous and Best-Seller genre.

Blurb: It is the story about a girl called Georgia  who has a brother called Rafe. Georgia is going to Middle school but it was the old school of her brother,Rafe.The brother, as sneakily as a spy,  signed them into a rock band  competition and she thinks she will never win .The problem is that Rafe has done silly things and broken all the school rules and the worst is that the teachers think  his sister is the same as him so…Will she convince them she is different and not bad ?

-The best book I have ever read this year…

The Times

Personal opinion:

 I chose the book because I liked the cover and I like diary and humorous genres. I enjoyed the fact that Rafe does silly things and the story is very funny. I will recommend this book to people who like Diary genres and Humour.

 Level: It is not that difficult , the letters are big but there are over 200 pages, so I recommend it to  people who read a lot.                                                               

Rating: out of 5 I give : 3,5/5

First Name of the reviewer:  Luca                

Class/ English group: 6A  Group 2

Midnight for Charlie Bone (6ème/Gr.2)

Title: Midnight for Charlie Bone                                                                                                                                                                 

Author: Jenny Nimmo

Genre: adventure

 

 

Blurb: Charlie Bone went to school like a normal boy of his age but he was no ordinary boy. He had a gift: he could hear noises coming from a photograph and a whole world of dialogue would open up to him. One thing leads to another. It involves stolen children and dark family secrets. His family sends him off to the horrible BLOOR'S ACADEMY where he meets new friends and strange things happen that will change his life forever…

Level: This book is an easy read.           

It's JAM PACKED with MISTERY and quite a lot of dramatic events.

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 I would recommend this book to people who like HARRY POTTER, you'll enjoy the magic of this book.

 

Rating: 5/5

First Name of the reviewer: SOPHIA                

Class/ English group 2

Princess Diary-Princess in love (6ème/Gr.2)

Title : Princess Diary-Princess in love                     

Author: Meg Cabot

Genre : Romance-diary

 

Blurb: Mia is the granddaughter of the queen of Genovia. She has to prepare her trip to become an elegant princess.

 


For the first time, she has got a boyfriend, Kenny even if she doesn’t love him…
 But she loves Michael, her best friend’s older brother.

Will she get the courage to tell Kenny that she doesn’t love him?

How will she tell Michael that she has feelings for him?

Personal opinion:

I’ve chosen this novel because I read the previous books of Meg Cabot in French. So when I learnt that Meg Cabot was American, I decided to read the next ones in English (this one is better than the other one!).

I really liked the nature of Mia! And her love story! It’s the best book of princess for teen girls I’ve ever read! The only adjectives that can describe this book are: best selling and award winning!

Warning: never read this book it is contagious!

I would recommend this book to teen girls, who like princess love story!

The best princess book ever.

Level:I think it's a book for a level like mine, and even for a higher one. But it's not for beginners because it's too hard (sometimes there are complicated  words to understand).

Rating:

 

First Name of the reviewer: Camille and Apolline

Class/ English group: gr.2

Dairy of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth (6ème/Gr.2)

Title :  Dairy of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth                                                                                                

Author:

Jeff Kinney

Genre :

humour

Blurb :Gregory is in bad trouble ! He has just had a big fight with his best friend Rowley. Besides, his father pushes him to be more serious and more active .He has always been excited to be eleven years old, but now, he thinks that is it is not even fun ! So now Greg feels worse and worse..He has never felt like this before!

Jump into the book and help greg feel better  …

Antoine, 6° group 2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time (5ème/Gr.2)

Title : The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time

Author: Mark Haddon

Genre: Mystery, Adventure

Blurb:

One night, Christopher, an autistic person, finds the dog Wellington dead. Wellington is Christopher's neighbour’s, Ms Shears, dog. He had a pitchfork hammered in his chest. So, Christopher decides to go search the murderer.

Christopher lives with his father because his mother is dead. But during his search for the murderer, he finds letters written by her mother dated from after her death. Now, Christopher has two mystery to solve:

-Who killed Wellington?

-Is his mother alive and if she is, why did she go away?

Personal opinion:

I chose this book because the title was intriguing and attractive.

What I enjoyed about this book is that it is an autistic person and not a detective that tries to solve the mystery of the dead dog.

I would recommend this book for patient readers who like mystery and adventure.

Level: This book is quite easy to read.

Rating:  4,5/5

First Name of the reviewer: Brice 

Class/English group: 5°C/group 2

Workhouse (5ème/Gr.2)

Title :Workhouse

Author : Pamela Oldfield

Genre : It is an historical novel

Blurb :
This is the diary of Edith, a victorian girl living with her mother. She goes to visit the workhouse for the first time. There, she meets Rosie Chubb, an orphan working at the workhouse. Edith would like to help her...but how ?

Personal opinion :

I choose this book because I usually like this kind of story and the blurb made me curious. It is a very unusual and original story. You would never find such a book anywhere else. But it is also repetitive and boring. It is one of the most repetitive book I have ever read.
I would recommand this book to people who like the best historical novels.

Level : for me it is quite easy to read but it may be harder for other people.

Rating : 3/5

Charline

5C english group 2

Shadow (5ème/Gr.2)

Title: Shadow

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Genre : War and a bit of drama

 

Blurb: The book is about a boy called Aman telling his story to Matt’s grandpa but he had too many questions.How he  got to England,why he and his mother were in prison,why didn’t they stay in Afghanistan and who was this dog that they called Shadow? Will he reveal all his secrets?

 

Personal opinion: I chose this book for its front cover and enjoyed everything in it.I recommend this book for readers that enjoy reading  sad stories.One of the most amazing books I’ve ever read!!!!

 

Level : this book is easier  than other books I read .

Rating: 5/5

 

First Name of the reviewer: Gadea

5a Group 2  

Billionaire Boy (5ème/Gr.2)

Title: Billionaire Boy

Author: David Waliams

Genre : Humoristic

Blurb:

The narrator identifies himself as the hero of the story. He uses the “I” pronoun.

The hero of the book is the richest twelve year-old child in the whole world.

He has faced the most severe poverty before but his family was saved by his father’s new invention.

It’s a hilarious, touching and extraordinary new novel.

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy, almost a billion of them, in fact.

In the book, Joe's rich, really, really rich, richer than any other child.

Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema and his own butler who is an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.

Joe has absolutely everything he could possibly want, but there’s just one thing he really needs: a friend.

 

Personal opinion :

   I  chose this book because it looked funnier than others looking at the front cover.

I enjoyed  this book for what it gives you: the best lesson that money never makes happiness.

I would recommend this book to twelve year-old readers for them to understand the need of having friends

Level: it’s easy to read.

First Name of the reviewer: Achille      
         
Class/ English group: 5C/ Group 2

 

The Bad Beginnig (5ème/Gr.2)

               

★      Title: The Bad Beginnig

★      Author: by Lemony Snicket  (Alias for Daniel Handler)

 

★      Genre: Tragedy / Drama


★      Blurb:
 
Everything goes well in the Baudelaires’ family, one of the richest family ever. One day, a man, a banker, tells the three children: Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire that their parents are dead in a fire.

The orphans are adopted by Count Olaf, but they find out that he is a bad person who only likes money and would never love them. He finds out that they have a lot of money and wants to steal it. Nobody believes them and they need to find a way to escape from the terrifying house with eyes painted everywhere...

Will the children let the villain take their money?

★      Personal opinion:                                                                     

I chose this book because my brother read it and he told me that it was not too hard… and not too easy. The story is a kind of tragedy, but things are not as awful as feared at the end of the book.

 

★      Level

 I recommend this book to those who like suspense, mystery … This is also one of the best books for those who are learning English.

★      Rating : 2/5

First Name of the reviewer: Adrien                         

Class/ English group:5°/ Group 2