Running Wild by Michael Murpurgo

Book Review - Running Wild 

By Michael Murpurgo

This amazing book begins in England, where a young boy named Will lives an ordinary life with his dearest Mother and Father. Will's Father goes off to war in Iraq and never returns home. Will and his Mother decide to go off on a short holiday to Indonesia. All does not turn out quite as expected and it is here that the Boxing day Tsunami catches up with them.

Just when Will feels that all might be lost he meets an unlikely friend who helps him through the dangerous jungle. Will he survive and who is this loyal friend?!

"Running Wild" shows us that life is full of ups and downs. It's great reading for those who enjoy a colourful adventure!  

Like Bug Juice On A Burger

This book is about a girl named Eleanor, I like this book because it tells me what she did and in the book her grandma called her and said "Eleanor do you want to go to camp". Then she said yes. When she left her mum and dad she started to get worried. On the way she met a new friend Joplin .




                                           

The Odyssey

Recently, I read a classic story called The Odyssey retold by Louie Stowell. This story is about a King called  Odysseus who comes home from a seven year war against Troy. When Odysseus tries to return home with an army of men theres a storm and they find themselves lost and fighting against the wrath of cyclops, witches, Gods, flying sirens and sea monsters. While fighting the evil Gods and monsters, his kingdom is being taken over by greedy scroungers.  However, he faces tragedy and his worried and scared that he will loose his kingdom forever. Odysseus needs to survive and plans how he will reclaim his kingdom.

I enjoyed the story very much because it was full of adventures and had a lot of interesting characters. The part I liked the best was when Odysseus fought the witch. There was a lot of good description. If you like fantasy and adventure stories, you would love this one.

A Bear Called Paddington

Recently I went to the movie called Paddington with my family. I enjoyed it so I wanted to read the book. The story is about this bear that comes from Darkest Peru and comes to England. He was in the Paddington station and met the Brown family. He often gets in trouble but it ends well.

I found lots of differences between the movie and the book. For example, The movie starts at Darkest Peru but the book starts at Paddington station and in the movie they come back from holidays but in the book the kids are coming back from boarding school. The other differences are in the movie there is an explorer whose daughter tries to kill Paddington but in the book they don't exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxeBdrGGU8U

Center Stage

When Best Friends CeCe Jones and Rocky Blue get the chance to audition for roles as background dancers on the hit show Shake It Uo Chicago, they're thrilled! All the years of practicing their dance moves will finally pay off! But when CeCe freezes during he solo performance, will Rocky be able to convince the show's host to give her best friend another chance? Or will CeCe see her dancing dreams disappear?

Center Stage

When Best Friends CeCe Jones and Rocky Blue get the chance to audition for roles as background dancers on the hit show Shake It Up Chicago, they're thrilled! All the years of practicing their dance moves will finally pay off! But when CeCe freezes during her solo performance, will Rocky be able to convince the show's host to give her best friend another chance? Or will CeCe see her dancing dreams disappear?

No Talking by Andrew Clements

This book is about this boy called Dave. He tries an experiment of not talking for one whole which meant he spoils his presentation of India. He challenges this girl called Lynsey Burgess who was his partner for the presentation a " Boys vs Girls " no talking contest for two whole days and it's not going to be easy for either side.
Who will win? Boys or Girls? Find out in this book!