12 Years a Slave (5ème/Groupe3)

12 YEARS A SLAVE

Solomon Northup

GENRE: autobiography

The  narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

Solomon Northup is a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He then tried to survive and regain his freedom.

I chose the book because I found the film unbelievably AMAZING and wanted to know if the book was as good.

What I enjoyed the most about the book are the details that really make the reader feel how much Solomon suffered for 12 entire years.

I would recommend this book for all the people looking for the best book to read ever.

Level : The book is from the 19th Century, so the vocabulary is quite hard to understand.

Rating :

10/10   EPIC! 

Noor

Mr Stink (5ème/Groupe3)

Mr Stink

By David Williams

Genre: comedy

Blurb: There was a girl named Chloe who was 12 years old and felt extremely lonely.  There was this rather rusty man with an equally rusty dog who kept him company.  She often saw them sitting on a bench: this was Mr Stink and his dog Duchess. They were homeless and they stank quite a bit too.  One day Chloe took all her courage and went to talk to Mr Stink and even invited him to come with his dog to live at her house.  The only problem was that Chloe’s parents would never accept a homeless stranger in their house so Chloe made Mr Stink sleep in the shed in the corner of the garden.  After several days, Mr Stink and Duchess went in the house to meet Chloe’s parents but unfortunately, Chloe’s mother did not receive him very well but her dad felt sorry for him and let Mr Stink stay a few more days but, unexpectedly, Mr Stink did not want to stay long because he was a wanderer and not a man who would live in a shed all his life.

I chose this book because I read another book by the same author, before, Millionaire Boy, and I loved it. 

What I enjoyed about this book is that it is hilarious but with a  serious message of love, friendship and tolerance, too. 

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading a page-turner!

Level: 9 years old and above

Rating: 9/10 at least!!

Maxime 

5eme c

Cherub : The Recruit (5ème/Groupe3)

Title: Cherub   The Recruit

Author: Robert Muchamore

Genre: Action and adventure

Blurb: A terrorist doesn’t let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place.

The terrorist doesn’t know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid works for CHERUB.

CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.

I chose this book because it is amazingly detailed and well written. It has everything I could hope for.

What I enjoyed about the book : everything! But to give example: each chapter ends with a “cliff hanger” which makes you continue reading. Every chapter has its own story but all the stories are related.

I would recommend this book to people who like adventure and action novels. In fact the book is suitable for almost anyone because it is a really fun read and it is exciting. It keeps you on your toes. 

Level: Intermediate

Rating: 5/5

Ludovic

Cherry Crush (5ème/Groupe3)

CHERRY CRUSH ( THE CHOCOLATE BOX GIRLS series) 

Cathy Cassidy

  

Genre : girly/  romance

CHERRY. Dark almond eyes, skin the colour of milky coffee, wild imagination, feisty, fun . . .

Cherry Costello's life is about to change forever. She and Dad are moving to Somerset where a new mum and a bunch of brand-new sisters await. And on Cherry's first day there her head is turned by the gorgeous Shay Fletcher. But Shay already has a girlfriend, Cherry's new stepsister, Honey. Cherry knows her friendship with Shay is dangerous - it could destroy everything. But that doesn't mean she's going to stay away from him …

I chose this book because of the blurb that was really suspenseful. Also the cover was intriguing.

What I enjoyed the most in this book was the suspense. I read it in one night: I couldn’t stop! Also it is an easy book which you can read even if you are tired.

I would recommend this book to girls from the age of 10,  Also girls who like Romance.

Level :  easy book with every-day vocabulary.

I give it  :   4 stars or 17/20  because it is great but not exceptional or perfect.

Louison 

5ème 

The Hunger Games (5ème/Groupe3)

“The Hunger Games”

Suzanne Collins.

Genre :  science fiction novel.

Every year each district of Panem sends a girl and a boy between the ages of 12-18 to the Capitol. At the 74^th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, not being able to see her sister, Primrose, die, volunteers to take her place in the Games. She goes along with Peeta, a baker’s son.

Together, they go to the Capitol with their coaches Hymitch and Effie. They meet their stylist Cinna, along with the crew. They are since known as the Star Crossed lovers and cannot bear to kill each other...

Why I chose this book:

I chose this book because everyone who had read it, was recommending it saying how much they had loved it and it was also the next big thing.

What I enjoyed about the book:

I loved the book because there was always suspense and action, there were also no dull parts.

I would recommend this book:

 to anybody who likes science fiction novels.

Level:

Maybe for more experienced reader (12-13 yrs and over).

Rating:

I am going to give this book 5 stars because it’s the best and favourite book I’ve read so far. 

Louis 

The Devil's Triangle (5ème/Groupe3)

The Devil’s Triangle

Mark Robson

Adventure book 

Sam and Niamh’s mother died or vanished when they were small, they do not how it happened and where it happened. Their dad, Matt, thinks that it has to do with the Bermuda Triangle so each year he goes back there to search for his wife. Sam gets bored and tired of his father’s obsession with finding his wife so he decides to “borrow” his dad’s boat and goes fishing with his mate Callum. What starts with a laugh soon turns into chaos. They are trapped in the Bermuda Triangle. It was now a question of survival. Will they be stuck forever?

What I like about the book:

I really like the book because I love adventure.

A great book, with a lot of description and atmospheric moments.

I would recommend this books to reader who are 9 to 13-year-old kids

Rating

I give this book a 8.5/10

Hugo

Shadow (5ème/Groupe3)

SHADOW                                                        

Michael Morpurgo                                                                                      

Genre: realistic fiction

Blurb: Aman lived in Afghanistan in his cave in a small village called Bamiyan peacefully and was bored of being alone with his parents.

And one day, he found a dog, a springer spaniel, outside his cave. He decided to keep him and soon they became good companions.

But one day, some Taliban came to Bamiyan and killed Aman’s father and many other people. Aman and his mother decided that it was time to leave Bamiyan and take Shadow, their dog companion, with them.

I chose this particular book because I found the story very emotionally touching.

What I enjoyed about this book is the fact that it is very realistic and the story is told in a very elaborate way.

I recommend this book to people that enjoy emotional types of books, slightly cruel and grieving.

Rating: *****

Dan